> From: [email removed]
> Subject: missiles and swords and Arses...
> Nonsense. Or are you silly enough to believe that the penetrator MUST
> be as long as the missile is? Put a 400Kg 1:20 penetrator in the
> missile, so what if it is short?
400kg, that's 224cm aprox. Against steel... penetration 718. Say
Damage 1/2-360 or 1/4-180.
On the other hand, a penetrator consising of a one meter long one ton piece
of high explosives will penetrate 370mm (penetration 75). Say Damage 1-75
since it is a solid lump and not a wierd collection of metal pieces.
I'll post a comparison between the different types against different
thicknesses of armour
> > And (nasty question) what are the equivalent numbers for a fusion
> >rocket powered missile? :)
>
> I guesstimated an Isp of 2,000,000 based on the minimum from the three
> ship types I bothered to check on, which ranged from 2,000,000 to just
> over 3,000,000.
>
> 1 G-hour: 265 GRAMS.
> 2 G-hour: 530 GRAMS.
Ok. I was afraid that they were impossible:)
> Presumably, the missile would not have quite so efficient (read:
> EXPENSIVE) a drive as a ship though. But it'll still be trivial...
To pull my classical stunt: This means that there is an opening for a
very small but very very expensive missile:)
> ---Steve Higginbotham
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