Why aircraft carriers won't make sense in space

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

I was called The Warriors.

If that's the one in which the Kzin are a attacking an "unarmed" ship and only a human would think of turning his drive into a weapon, then it's not the one I was thinking of. The story I'm remembering happened as I described. No reaction drive, no real maneuverability. Just a big piece of metal dropped behind, and a flash of light months later. Very tame, very believable.

[edit] It might have been 'The Ethics of Madness', but if so my memory in this case is quiet faulty.