[Subject line doctored by TML Admin, forwarded to broadcast alias -- James]
>Would you really use ship-to-ship nuke missiles against
>ground targets? I would have thought you'd need specialist
>missiles for atmospheric re-entry and atmospheric
>operation.
>
>Assuming you get the warhead to the target then it should
>be fairly easy to calculate blast radius etc for current
>day Kiloton payloads.
[...]
>Bruce... [email removed]
Some arm-waving: Specialist ortillery nukes would probably
be better, but it would be embarrassing to have the wrong
kind. At the same time, given the prevalence of laser
antimissile weapons, you probably want some hardening for
your missiles. Why not an ablative heat shield? Lots of
details of course...
I seem to recall that the old _Striker_ rules said that
standard nuke missile yields were 150 kT@ for turret
missiles, 250 kT@ for bays. But that's hazy and I'm an old
fart, firmly committed to _High Guard_ design practice.
Any other OF's out there to swap Book 5 designs with?