> One thing I've always thought silly was the whole > idea of carriers in > space. Air craft carriers work well because the > planes they launch travel > in a different medium than the ships: air vs. water. > Carriers in space are > like two battle groups of large ships launching a > number of small boats to > engage in combat.
I'm not so sure about that. One of the reasons carriers were effective (and still are) is because you can fight your enemy at an arms distance...you don't have to close with him. In this context a carrier essentially becomes a battle transport for smaller attack craft, that can then be used to defend the ship at an arms distance, or to launch attacks of their own. The best protection a ship can have is to NOT expose itself to enemy guns... Damon. ===== ------------------------------------------------------------ Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: ------------------------------------------------------------ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover
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