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>ok....here's a question for all you space buffs out there...
>This is actually for a story i'm writing but I figured that the
>folks here could give me a good estimate...
>If we consider combat in space in say...the next 50 years...there are three
>limitations: the effectiveness of the weapon, the effectiveness of sensors
>to detect the target , and the effectiveness of fire control to aim the
>weapon so it can hit the detected target.
>Let's say that two sides have somehing the size of a naval destroyer out in
>deep space somewhere. how close would they have to be before radar could
>pick the other ship up, how about passive sensors (what kind of sensors
>would they be?)?  How close would they have to be to get an adequate fire
>control solution? (I assume the energy weapon they'r using (laser or some
>other energy weapon) would have a longer range than the fire control.)
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>I'd appreciate it if replies were sent in e-mail (and i'd post a edited
>compendium of the results), as I don't get on here often enough to avoid
>the reader's clearing of messages.
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>thanx!
>Brian
>Netoprbl@ncsuvm.cc.ncsu.edu
>Raleigh, NC
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