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Old 12-01-11, 07:19 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by CptChacal View Post
I still can't fully understand the DOK method. I can't wrap my head around the idea that range is not important in plotting an intercept course. RR says that range "cancels out of the equation", but what equation?
This is why: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...85&postcount=9

Range matters, but you're automatically accounting for it when you fire on the fixed bearing: If the target is farther away, you are firing earlier. Because of that, the speed problem is the most critical one.
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