"Netfire Missile System" Topic

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tsofian	08 May 2016 9:41 a.m. PST
From a thread off the Hive Queen Yahoo! group link Range for Netfire is 25 miles An interesting tactic for a planetary attack would be to dump a huge number of these and a number of netted censors into first the drop zone and then in a wide barrier around the drop zone. The first set clears the aera of hostiles and the second allows the force to consolidate. The best thing about these is how cheap they would be to model. The second best thing would be it would allow solo play really easily. Terry Sofian tsofian@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Terry Sofian tsofian@aol.com [Hivequeen] <Hivequeen@yahoogroups.com> To: Hivequeen <Hivequeen@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sun, May 8, 2016 12:32 pm Subject: Re: [Hivequeen] This would be all sorts of fun for some advanced group link Range for Netfire is 25 miles
cwlinsj	08 May 2016 10:00 a.m. PST
Not sure what point you want to make as netfire was dumped as unworkable. But if you are thinking SciFi or future wars and want area pacification, I suggest you investigate kinetic bombardment. This is when you drop inert solid projectiles which have been fitted with rudimentary quidance systems from orbit and use velocity to destroy targets. Very cheap if you can get into orbit. link Jerry Pournelle described this as the "flying crowbar" in his fiction. link
tsofian	08 May 2016 10:59 a.m. PST
The Point I am trying to make is that such a system could prove to drive new and different tactics on modern, near future or science fiction battlefields. The Isreali's at one point offered a similar concept for sale link
cwlinsj	08 May 2016 1:34 p.m. PST
Not just Isrealis, modern smart munititions can include autonomous targeting. The use of millimeter band radar enables the weapon itself to determine if anything in the selected area of operation fits its range of allowable targets. South Korea uses this in tank & artillery shells -launch them over mountains & valleys to kill North Korean armored waves. It is expensive, and it can cause collateral damage (see collateral damage discussion). Unless we get into a full blown conventional war, no real need, and, if we do get into a full blown conventional war, they will probably be too expensive to deploy in any scale. Future & SciFi? Flying crowbars. Add railguns for near future.

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