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Started by Sakarissa, Dec 29 2009 11:53 AM
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Posted 29 December 2009 - 11:53 AM
In the old naval primer, it mentioned that as missiles/drones/fighter pulse engines were researched they would be harder to shoot down. Do better generations of those weapons get harder to shoot down? Do we have hard data proving this?
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All this research is making us hungry. Care to join us for dinner? *toothy reptilian grin*
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Posted 29 December 2009 - 03:12 PM
Sakarissa, on Dec 29 2009, 12:53 PM, said:
In the old naval primer, it mentioned that as missiles/drones/fighter pulse engines were researched they would be harder to shoot down. Do better generations of those weapons get harder to shoot down? Do we have hard data proving this?
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Not that I have extensive hard data, but I do believe it to be true. I had a battle in which my opponent had Mk V Pulse Engines ( I think they were nuclear, but don't have at my fingertips) and I did not kill a single fighter. Granted, I was not well equipped with CIDS in that engagement, but was surprised that I didn't take a few of them out.
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Posted 31 December 2009 - 10:29 AM
Desmodus, on Dec 29 2009, 05:12 PM, said:
Sakarissa, on Dec 29 2009, 12:53 PM, said:
In the old naval primer, it mentioned that as missiles/drones/fighter pulse engines were researched they would be harder to shoot down. Do better generations of those weapons get harder to shoot down? Do we have hard data proving this?
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Not that I have extensive hard data, but I do believe it to be true. I had a battle in which my opponent had Mk V Pulse Engines ( I think they were nuclear, but don't have at my fingertips) and I did not kill a single fighter. Granted, I was not well equipped with CIDS in that engagement, but was surprised that I didn't take a few of them out.
I do not believe Pulse engines have any impact on missiles.
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Posted 04 January 2010 - 12:07 PM
It may be in play for fighter vs fighter stuff but I haven't seen any indication that pulse engines make much difference. Maybe with the newer fighters there will be a resurgence and the results will be more clear.
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