It's a Trap: Emperor Palpatine's Poison Pill

Re:It's a Trap: Emperor Palpatine's Poison Pill by logfromblammo on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @12:50PM (#10739178)

If you need destroy smaller, more nimble targets, you launch nuclear missiles. Or you spray cheap gravel into your expensive target's flight path.

Space combat is won by the guy who detects the enemy first.

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Re:It's a Trap: Emperor Palpatine's Poison Pill by stcredzero on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @03:10PM (#10740119)

And yet, most space combat know-it-alls discount the utility of stealth in space. Stealth doesn't have to be absolute and bullet-proof to be useful. And there's nothing against the laws of thermodynamics in restricting all of your emissions beyond that of a 3-deg Kelvin blackbody to a 20 degree cone.

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