Re:Gremlins
by taneq on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @10:25PM
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If they're expecting a 5% loss rate per mission, then there's no point making them last longer than 20 missions. You can also make things cheaper and more durable if they don't have to be designed to be disassembled.
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If there's a 5% loss rate per mission, then there's a 35% chance that it will survive 20 missions.
Adjust the loss rate and the point stands, though.
If you expect to only fly them during missions with that loss rate. I thought planes were used mostly for training. There are not that many active wars being fought right now.