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Old 10-17-12, 05:45 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve View Post
Does an incident like that happen in Protector? It's only been thirty years since I read them. I probably still have them all in my collection, but I still have a bunch of boxes to unpack, and I've run out of shelf space.
I'm a bit fuzzy on Protector, since it's been quite a while since I read it (though not thirty years, obviously), but IIRC it had a battle between the protagonists and pursuing Pak ships which includes the use of tactics similar to what you mention.

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47 View Post
That makes sense. Also, in space, Aircraft carriers might be able to play an effective anti-ship role?

Also, we would need small, heavily armed stealth ships for attacking commerce!
Aircraft carriers in space would be about as good as cargo freighters, unless they're the sort that can conduct trans-Atmospheric operations like the AeroSpace Fighters in BattleTech. As for 'stealth ships', those seem to be out of the realm of realistic physics at this point.
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