For a look inside the patrol of an SSBN, check out BIG RED(author's name escapes me). He spent an entire patrol on board the Nebraska back in the late ...
... I have a lot of respect for "booomer bubbleheads", when I was stationed in Pearl Harbor, I got to know many of them, and listened to many stories of thier...
... ESRC=eb.nl From the article: "A wide-ranging outline of possible weaponization came from the U.S. Air Force last November. That Transformation Flight Plan...
Well, until Irons Stars and the associated minis are in full release, you can check out Majestic 12 games for "Grand Fleets" which is more akin to a sim than...
... <agingcow2345@h...> ... http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_space_033104,00.html? ... U.S. ... space. " ... the name 'Thor' rings a bell, but I...
Thor's Hammer - A Volume of Reginald Bretnor's Space Combat Anthology series of the 1970's - 80's. They did an article on kinetic weapons as combat support and...
... I first read about this in a Pournelle publication, no doubt with the title "There Will Be War". The point was to create a rapid response system capable...
Posting this here as a number of people have helped out before.... Just playing with the new toy (a 20" iMac, mainly bought on the excuse that I need to have...
... the ... response ... nuclear ... a ... like ... Pournelle also sees it as an area effect weapon for use against mass vehicle formations. See the Niven and...
... If I remember correctly that rather blah book, the Midget Elephants from Space take out a formation of National Guard M1s and M2s. Considering that the...
Small update for this thread. I sent Ed my version of the merged near star database. He has been testing his new product with a dataset of 120 stars. The...
First of all, is the AP card turned on? Check it in the control panel. If all is well, you should see the AP 'thermometer' which will darken when you find an...
... under ... True. The guidance mechanism isn't discussed. Though, my rather sketchy memory seems to recall there being a substantial number of penetrators...
OK, so it's not spaceships and phasers. Most of us grew up with it, tho... Joe Hartley just posted the following announcement at microgame@yahoogroups.com ... ...
Actually, as I understand it the theory is that you _could_ communicate with the enwrapped projectiles provided you were doing so from essentially directly aft...
What day is today ? Kind of a shame, I'd buy that just for nostalgia value. TFT was seriously cool back in 4th-8th grades. ... -- We choose to go to the moon....
Nope, don't think it's a joke. Other people are saying other things about it, and have been for some time. ... -- A book reads the better which is our own, and...
"Ouch" said my wallet. ... -- We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but...
... If you're that interested, I have a dozen copies of "In The Labyrinth" gathering dust, and half-a-dozen copies of "Advanced Wizard". No spare "Advanced...
After Taxes. ... -- We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because...
Greetings: I'm kind of hoping it is a joke. I recently saw a copy of "Security Station" (a module) go for over $75.00 on eBay. Seeing that I have a mint copy...
Here's another response from Ed and the importing of star data. ... Hi Eric, Thanks much! I took a look at it - it looks like it should be importable without ...
... Ah, excellent point. ... I am assuming that Pournelle and whoever originally came up with these things (Pournelle being a student of politics, does not...
For reasons I will not bore you all with, I have been trying to figure out what impact planets, comets, asteroid fields, etc. would have on believable space...
... Sensors cannot generally see through planets, and will have trouble seeing objects near planets. Asteroid fields and comets are realistically dispersed...
... That was the first problem - the aerial connector had dislodged as I replaced the baseplate (arghh!). I've reconnected and now I can see the Network. Once...
Dom, Glad to hear all is well. ... -- "If you haven't got your health, at least you have something to talk about." "They say that everything happens for a...
