Re: Battlestar Galactica

 > One thing I've always thought silly was the whole
> idea of carriers in
> space.  Air craft carriers work well because the
> planes they launch travel
> in a different medium than the ships: air vs. water.
>  Carriers in space are
> like two battle groups of large ships launching a
> number of small boats to
> engage in combat.

I'm not so sure about that. One of the reasons
carriers were effective (and still are) is because you
can fight your enemy at an arms distance...you don't
have to close with him. In this context a carrier
essentially becomes a battle transport for smaller
attack craft, that can then be used to defend the ship
at an arms distance, or to launch attacks of their
own. The best protection a ship can have is to NOT
expose itself to enemy guns...

Damon.


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