Re: [GZG] Monster ships

Zoe Brain wrote:

>In a naval context... Sunburns still give me the willies.
>
>They come in so quickly, you can usually distract/seduce them, they 
>just don't have time to sort out the wheat from the chaff (so to 
>speak). But shooting them down is tricky. Too many chances to get it 
>wrong, too many chances for a bad sea state, or someone being 3 
>seconds slow on the uptake, or..
>
>Hypervelocity kinetic missiles ditto. No point in filling the air 
>full of shrapnel in front of them if you do so at a range of 3cm, 
>because it takes you 0.5secs to slew and fire.

In a land-vehicle context, if it takes you 0.5s to slew and fire 
you'll rarely be able to stop even an average LAW/RPG/CG round, and 
they're strictly subsonic! <g> The latest tank-mounted PD systems are 
able to intercept APFSDS darts coming in at 1500+ m/s (ie., even 
faster than a Moskit) - though whether or not they can also disrupt 
the darts enough to save the target vehicle is another question 
entirely, of course ;-)

Later,

Oerjan 

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