Robert Seeberger wrote: > Offhand, I can think of different type of fighting craft a "Space > Carrier" might deploy. > > A fighter craft that in swarms, protects the Carrier by forming a > protective sphere, or singly or in small groups act as recon. > > A torpedo craft that launches attacks against carriers or other > similarly large structures. > > An atmospheric fighter (lander too?) for planetary missions. > > Small scout craft with long range travel potential carrying equipment > that makes it equivilent to our AWACs. > > Very small drones that act in concert and compliment all the other > craft. > > > A Carrier would have to be enormous to carry full compliments of each > of these fighting machines, but that might be the way it would need to > be done.
Interesting discussion going on here, but did you guys read the article posted by Byron a week or so ago? It covers some of the same ground and goes into some detailed speculations. The url Byron gave was: http://www.denbeste.nu/cd_log_entries/2004/04/SpaceNavies2.shtml http://tinyurl.com/2xmzr Regards, Ray.
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