From:	JonSzeto@***.com JonSzeto@***.com
Subject:	Naval Military Might (Submarines and Drone Fighters)
Date:	Thu, 15 Jul 1999 21:12:53 EDT

Ereskanti@***.com wrote,

> > Actually, with drone fighters, you could save space, becuase they can
> be
> > smaller and don't have as intensive as crew needs are regualr fighters.
> > Particlarly if you were using jet seaplane or tilt-jets.
>
> Hmmm...this is an interesting consideration. Question folks .... though it
> would be HUGELY expensive, what kind of space is say, an ICBM as compared
to
> a Wadjina? Could a Wadjina be converted to have "pop-out" wings and such?

> What kind of control interface relay would you need to have this all work?

The Trident II D-5 missile has an overall length of 44 feet (13.4
meters), a diameter of 6'11" (2.11 m), and weighs over 2,800 kg*. A
Wandjina has a Body of 3, which would probably give it an equivalent
size to your regular automobile (about 12 feet (4 m) long and 6 feet (2
m) wide) and a weight between 200 and 750 kg. You could probably fit
three (or four) Wandjinas in the space that an ICBM would take up, with
a little space left over for extra ammo and fuel.

* From the Encyclopedia of Modern U.S. Military Weapons, published by
the Army Times Publishing Company, copyright 1995.

-- Jon