| From: | Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: How to handle missiles? |
| Date: | Fri, 1 Sep 1995 17:18:02 +0930 |
>
> You defeat a missile by forcing it to track beyond it's gimble limits. That
> is, you either move outside the seeker heads ability to see you or you force
> the missile to put on such a hard turn that it will overshot and fly right
> past you. Now missiles today can put on some amazing turns (sorry can't tell
> you the numbers) but suffice it to say that with the improvements in
> materials in 205X you can not maneuver a vehicle aggressively enough to
> defeat a missile and still have a living human inside that vehicle (the human
> body could not withstand the G-forces required). So I hope you have damn
> good ECM equipment onboard.
Hmm... there's two possibilities if you've got no ECM... you can outrun it
(maybe, if it's launched at extreme range), or you can perform a really
tight maneuver REALLY close to it, and be far enough away when it turns
around on you that you can then outrun it. This is possible, but only
occasionally, and only once... And it's certainly not MY preferred method
of not getting shot.
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Robert Watkins bob@**.ntu.edu.au
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