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By the very same token, though, the Loroi aren't going to have much in the way of reserves either. I'm not sure they can spare the ships and personnel required to open a second front.

Although I do not anticipate contributing to this thread in any way, I do nevertheless enjoy reading about your creative designs. Thanks!

Since a cargo ship can generally only set up transfer lines with one ship at a time Why not two - one on the port side, one backbord? Or even four, including top and bottom, too? Even with four, a minimum of agility is still attained; also emergency separation. Heh, don't forget front and back, and...

So you are arguing that the Mig-31 isn't optimally designed for ground attack, but that it nevertheless has been given the capability (missiles and sensors) to carry out that mission anyway. Then we aren't really in disagreement. My assumption is that they have aircraft better suited for the job (Mi...

Brother, you have no idea. The hardest part was becoming aware that I was doing it. Add the fact that I was training myself out of several other counter-productive behaviors at the same time...

I am still having trouble following your argument. You do not consider that it can be a ground attack aircraft because it doesn't look like a ground attack aircraft? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the low flying capabilities were present from the first manufactured model, and were inclu...

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I've been doing a little research. The sources I am reading all report a cruising range of well over 1500 miles on internal fuel (though not with maximum payload). It was deliberately designed to fly at supersonic speed at low altitudes. It was also designed to fire air to ground missiles. They even...

I am afraid I cannot follow your argument. My original comment was "I always wondered if it would have made any sense for them to have turned it into an air to ground strike aircraft. It might have given them some flexibility they didn't have." It appears that the Russians eventually did exactly tha...

Nah. It's Arioch's story, and I respect and enjoy that, but more realistically humanity would want to conceal the location of their homeworld, to the extent that that's possible, and the Loroi would be intensely curious regarding these pink Loroi looking aliens who are telepathically invisible. I do...

"In all my life I have never heard any human I have ever spoken with use the term "That is not even the most fortunate part" with regard to themselves or those they were with. I have heard humans say "That's not even the best part!" I've spoken something close to this, on occasion. I had to train my...

Yeah, the F-104 debacle was infamous, but that doesn't mean that every aircraft that changes roles is a failure. The Harrier had both land and sea based versions, the F-18 has gone through major modifications that allowed it to expand the roles it could play, the F-16 was supposed to be a scrappy li...

Russia use mig-31 to launch air-to-ground missiles out of air defense affected areas on weekly basis. Now i´m surprised. MiG-25 and MiG-31 LOOK similar, but in fact are totally different airplanes with different roles. I thought a russian guy interested in planes would know that. There are differen...

If the humans can be trained to communicate telepathically with the Loroi, then do they become the only aliens who can do that?

When I posted my original comment I had forgotten about the Mig-31. It appears that my question is moot--they *did* take the Mig-25 and made an aircraft that can ground attack (well, not specialized for that but you get what I mean). I guess you could call it an "Interceptor Bomber", if that makes a...

"An aircraft designed as a high altitude interceptor will often have poor low-altitude performance" Why does it have to fly low altitude to hit ground targets? All sorts of aircraft are designed to shoot at ground targets or sea targets from high up. "Alas, perhaps, from the military perspective, bu...

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You cannot "turn" a high altitude interceptor into a ground attack aircraft. That would be a totally different machine then.

Why not? It just requires mounting a different kind of missile.

Well, obviously I'm no expert on Umiak combat doctrine, but my sense is that each individual attack isn't expected to stand on it's own. The idea is to wear down the Loroi in a war of attrition, so sacrificing yourself is acceptable, so long as su/tdsu < su/tdsl, where su="sacrificed unit", tdsu = "...

I always wondered if it would have made any sense for them to have turned it into an air to ground strike aircraft. It might have given them some flexibility they didn't have.

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