From: Billy Brown (bbrown@conemsco.com)
Date: Mon Feb 15 1999 - 07:07:04 MST
Max M wrote:
> Any kind of radar guided machine gun would probably be a good
> guess. There
> is not much reason to use explosives at space velocities..
Right now that would be an effective weapon, but by the time we can build an
interplanetary warship that will have changed. Your missile defense lasers
will pick off those bullets at whatever range you can detect them at
(probably at least a few thousand miles). Also, even at 10-20km/sec they
won't penetrate diamondoid armor very well.
That's why I tend to expect directed energy weapons of some sort to
dominate - they are difficult to defend against, and most types don't run
out of ammunition.
Billy Brown, MCSE+I
bbrown@conemsco.com
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