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Old 05-23-11, 06:26 AM   #5
Osmium Steele
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Originally Posted by sublynx View Post
You don't necessarily need to id (if you are pretty sure it's an enemy ship), since estimating the ship's approximate size class is often enough at close ranges.
Even today's sub drivers are constantly changing mast head height of a potential target, much to the annoyance of their fire control tracking party.

Just put your best guess in there initially to give yourself a baseline, then refine the targetting solution as the target gets bigger in the scope.
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