2008-10-07, 22:24 | Link #981 |
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Daigo you're merely trolling for reponses.
Don't tell me you aren't. You're not even debating the point points made by the others. You even don't understand one bit about naval ship roles. This isn't Battlestar Galactica where you have a single ship protecting a fleet. You got a military fleet protecting a colonist fleet. Macross fleet carried over what they learned in Space War 1. While there are escorts there must be at least one military vessel attached to the civilian ship. This has been shown in every residence ship in Macross 7. With exception of entertainment Mark Twain and Budokan. Though it can be argued that those ships could be privately owned. The New Macross Class role is quite different from the Macross Class. Comparatively the Macross Class is more well armed than the New Macross Class , having more mass tonnage than the New Macross Class also. Like comparing a battleship to a carrier. Only in Macross Class case it is a battle carrier. NMCs like carriers today aren't meant to head straight forth to battle. They leave that to their fighters and escorts. Carriers are the command centers of their battle group. NMCs do have their Attacker mode and the gunship if all else fail. Most of the warships in the Macross universe require fighter screens or else they are helpless. Which tells me you aren't even watching the show. |
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An aircraft carrier is a big target asking to be blown up. Putting all your eggs in one basket needs to be justified in meaningful ways. Currently, there is justification because they dominate the seas. They do logistics because they can, with relative safety. In the future, this is not the case. So yes, for the time being, they are useful tools for logistics, because they are, for most purposes, the most dominant force. Therefore they can afford to be multipurpose. But in the future, they are just big targets, therefore any other roles they can serve are now meaningless because their primary role, a warship, is now obsolete. Basically I could use your same logic and apply it to a battleship. Just make it larger so it can carry more people and cargo, and put a lot of useless guns on it. Well what's the point of the guns? The battleship is obsolete in combat, it makes more sense to free up space for more people and cargo, and then you just have a logistical ship. You are taking the battleship and replacing the guns with aircraft. But if its primary purpose is now just logistics, what's the point of the aircraft? They just take up space and weight. As for attacking pirates or 3rd world countries, ethical issues aside, that's what the orbital weapons are for. That's what we've been discussing this whole time. An orbital weapon is more precise (yes it is potentially), deadlier, faster, has greater range, can travel over land or water, and is in a place where the enemy can't reach it. ReddyRedWolf, I don't appreciate being accused of trolling. We were having a discussion until you rudely interrupted. Therefore, I won't dignify the points you made. If you want to have a discussion, phrase your post in a more civil manner. |
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2008-10-08, 12:56 | Link #983 |
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Until orbital weapons are legal, the Carrier is still the superior force projector. And orbital weapons are illegal at this time via the United Nations. A Super Carrier has been tested for what it takes to actually sink one. The reports are classifed, but it is know it took two weeks and they still scuttled the vessel rather than having it sunk by the weapons tested in it. (On can assume that a simple sharp explosion under the keel would sink the vessel is the blast is enough to snap the keel...but that in and of itself is diffucult to do).
(Note: and even if there are orbital weapons, we do have the means to shoot them down at present) As for the utility of the Super Carrier. Her primary function is still very viable, and the United States has about a dozen of them with a few other nations having slightly smaller carriers, the French built carriers can probably do the same tasks as the American carriers. However the multipurpose elements make for nice secondary uses for when one does not have to defend the seaways and airspace of friendly lands, or intercept enemy aircraft, of bomb enemy nations. An Aircraft Carrier is on the basic level a transport ship. It is optimised to carry and service airplanes and helicopters. It evolved out of being an auxilery ship to being a warship by its own combat record during the Second World War and that some of the early carriers were built out of battlecruisers. With the enlarged size, armor, and striking power of the Aircraft Carrier, it remains one of the most viable means of force projection in the world. While at once time it was thought that the strategic bomber would replace the aircraft carrier, it was proven that the carrier air wing was more versitile than the large bombers. This may change, but since the nuclear deterrent status does only so much these days, conventional warfare is viable. Until one can create a pinpoint deterrent system, or a means of force projection that can either outdistance the carrier air group or can beat an F/A-18F to the target with supreme accuracy, the carrier will be queen of the seas. Interstellar force projection in Macross seems to follow the current Naval model with carriers at the center of the battlegroup. Or in most Macross cases, the Colony Fleet's main weapons system is the fighter wings of the fleet's carriers and the Macross flagship.
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2008-10-08, 13:17 | Link #984 | |
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Orbital weapons are not forbidden in any treaty actually. You might be thinking of the Outer Space Treaty, which only forbids the placement of nuclear weapons in space. But conventional weapons in space are perfectly legal, in fact I mentinoned several posts beforehand that USA is working on a few different projects involving orbital weapons that use tungsten rods as kinetic penetrators.
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Yes, Macross does use carriers as the centerpiece of the fleet, but that's not very realistic for force projection. Do you recall the point I made earlier about how spacefighters don't make much sense? Nevermind, just read this link, http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/rocket3x.html#fighters Probably the best site on the net for a realistic look at space combat. |
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2008-10-08, 16:13 | Link #985 |
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I see.
We are talking about two different periods on time. You are taking the far (maybe not as far as I think) future, while I'm talking about the near future and the present. As for space combat in realistic terms, you are getting into the realm of just how fast can you be going and still accurately target an opponent? How far away can you effectively target and opponent? There may be no horizon, but there is a limit to how far away one can train a weapons accurately against a moving target. How far that is will be a question for military planners and designers. The "fighter" may still exist in some form or another, if only because of man's desired for personal glory or to be alone with the stars. However they may be reduced to the purpose of manned scout and may be larger than what we would consider a fighter. Just one of many craft on the larger warship that can be detacted when needed. At that point it is either a means for recon in areas your sensors can't function (around rocks, planetary horizons, or in strong electromagnetic fields perhaps), or as a means to gain a numerical advantage over an enemy and perhaps gain some form of tactical advantage by having more mobile weapons coming in from different vectors on the target vessel. That again assumes that a weapon system on a smaller vessel can be used against a larger one to some effect. Smaller is a relative term. A "figher" that happens to be 50 meters long compared to the warship that is 5,000 meters long, is still a "fighter" if termed as such by the people of the day. We might consider it as something else, but relative size and purpose will denote that day and ages naming conventions. Of course that is if there is ever such a need for any kind of space warships.
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2008-10-09, 00:49 | Link #987 | |
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What was the whole point of the Battle of Saturn in SDFM? How would this translate to other productions such as Star Wars, Space Battleship Yamato, Gundam, or even Martian Successor Nadesico? |
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2008-10-09, 01:06 | Link #988 |
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His linked article would translate to the other productions not making much sense in science either, since all are based for one reason or another, on World War II (with some modern) air and naval combat in mind. The articles point is that such thinking shouldn't work in space or theoretical space combat due to the nature of space itself. Taking the analogy of 1880s sci-fi writers using pre-dreadnoughts in the air (tactics wise) for the future of air power and combat (which looks silly to use now), or the concept that dogfighting is a throwback to the age of knight in shining armor (one on one combat for personal glory). The article suggests that space combat will be rather different from what the popular sci-fi series project it to be.
However...one thing about future space combat will be dictacted by sci-fi of the present. A good chunk of designers will have grown up on shows like these and quite possibly try to maintain some of the "coolness" of them. Also we are taking the military rather than the scientist when it comes to ordering hardware. Sure after a few generations of space weaponry you'll get dedicated "space" designed vessels that fit the article. But in the beginning...you'll get throwback designs based on air/naval combat, because that is what the military will know at the time. Just like how the wet navies held on to outdated concepts for a generation or airpower is used like it was for previous war until they figure out they need to adapt, at which time they change tactics and designs...but usually those new designs are what is used for the following conflict...and are "outdated" within the first few months. Everyone is usually fighting the previous war with whatever they design. The same will be true for space wars...so you can expect the first few generations of warships and planes to be based on a mix of NASA designs and whatever the Military thinks will work from their current forces...meaning...F-35s in space if they could get away with it. Or upgraded SR-71 style designs as it did fly in space (or at least the option was there...it might not have been able to get back, but it could make it) If the military thought science could design a practical transforming Macross-like mech they'd jump at it for being able to operate in space and yet still be able to take and hold the land once it gets someplace. Because the air force and navy can only fight the wars...they can't hold the ground.
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2008-10-09, 02:17 | Link #990 |
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Question on Macross related topic:
We have the crash of a giant spaceship in 1999 followed by nearly a decade of war as the Earth attempts to unify. During this time various scientists reverse engineer some of the technology as thjey rebuild the spaceship and begin construction of a copy of the spaceship. The reverse engineering ends up using a fighter design that is (now, but not what the anime was designed) nearing retirement age to become a mech designed to fight 40 foot tall humanoids. They also design smaller space warships and dedicated space fighters (I don't recall if they are manned or remotes) along with a series of mechs for the newly rebuilt alien spaceship. After ten years the spaceship is finished and a group of aliens comes looking for it. The First Space War begins. Now the question is, what are the leasons of the First Space War? Should the leasons have been different based on the assorted debates on the usefulness of the Macross technology (science fiction) verse what space combat might actually be like (science)? What should have happened if the show followed the scientific/military thoughts (current) rather than the romanticized version of space combat we all know and love (what we saw)?
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2008-10-09, 02:43 | Link #991 | ||
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Real world fighter logistics doesn't do that. Worse millions of ships in the climax. It's like trying to stave off the Russians in WWII. A flood of war machines that outnumber the protagonists, it is only luck, restraint and curiosity that saved the Macross. Daigo is just throwing hypotheticals in a war science-fiction. He's not even listening to anyones' input if you've noticed. Heck he doesn't even know real life roles of ships and fighters yet he tries to come off all knowing about space combat. "NO I'M NOT LISTENING BECAUSE IT IS A PIECE OF FICTION" It is a piece of fiction with some real life analogies. It is meant for entertainment. Quote:
Well they did have Ghosts in SDFM. Not as smart or agile as the X-9 or its descendants. As for the lesson. Never deploy an alien technology you barely understand. I can make a list of what went wrong with the Macross 1. The booby trap 2. The gravity generators 3. The fold engine Valkyries and Destroids were designed that way because the crew of the ASS-1 had giants. Fortunately the Zentradi had crappier mecha except the Quadraluun-Rea and perhaps the Gnerl fighter pod, which is the giant version of the BSG Viper in a way. As for policy the UNG got it right at first. At the event of first contact no hostilities. Just their luck they are using SA computers which led Space War 1. Last edited by ReddyRedWolf; 2008-10-09 at 02:59. |
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2008-10-09, 08:32 | Link #992 |
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There is simply more of a rationale for the untransformed macross battle carrier, which is not a bad design. I would say the macross carrier is more of an independent vessel, than the modern carrier, it has way more armour and firepower than its modern equivalent, and also has a fleet destroying particle cannon.
Well I guess shoji is really embarassed about his transforming flagship, otherwise he'd shown it more, and I do think its cool despite how unrealistic it might be lol, (me points at every other space opera there is). On the topic of carriers, I still think if there was a war say between EU and the US, the US may just find that carriers could be undermined by the various weapons developed between WW2 and now. Anti-ship missiles are way more precise (was it the harpoon by the french?), powerful, and boasts good range. Easily fired from submarines, or a small frigate, and causes severe damage to most large ships. Ships could be overated, we live in an era dominated by powerful precision weapons, in a war orbintal wepaons could easily be developed in a rush, and like others have discussed these would be the new dominant weapons. I think carriers are here to stay for a long time, but I just think too many times have people thought that their dominant weapon would never fail. Remember the carrier has only proven itself during WW2, since then there has not been a war, or probably may not ever be one that can prove its disuse, especially since we have nuclear weapons on standby now, until then I am sure it would be useful as a uber expensive rescue ship and symbol of power. |
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If there was a war now, between the big powers, I'm not sure orbital weapons would be developped in a hurry. They'd probably destroy each other's sattellite first, spreading debris everywhere around the Earth, making subsequent launches difficult.
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For example, right now, close range aerial combat seems to be a thing of the past, given the ranges of weapons and the detection technology. But perhaps once OT was discovered, electronic warfare advanced to degree where long range combat was no longer feasible. That's not a "romanticized interpretation" of warfare, that is "a interpretation" of warfare that could very well happen. All it takes is the circumstances of technology to affect warfare and one interpretation is just as valid as another. Especially when we are talking science fiction, the order of battle can be created in any way the creator wishes and it can be valid given the right kind of fictional construct.
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The military role of an Aircraft carrier requires it to be a logistics center. That is what it does, it provides logistical and C3 support to its aircraft. Those required capabilities and thier required redundancy make it useful in other roles. In the end the military have to pursuade politicians the ship is worth the cost. Any marginal adaption to improve such abilities compared with a design that considers only main battle engagement is worth while as the more multifunction design is more likely to be constructed due to the conflicting demands of the politicial classes. This is all basic strategic analysis. What can you get built. What can it be used for when the politicians are looking for budget cuts. Quote:
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b] No Orbital fire support capability exists that can identify and engage Pirates as well as a carrier. None is planned to exist. I doubt any will ever exist that can arrest smugglers or provide low level support to an infantry combat action. Certainly no Orbital weapon is going to be able to evacuate nationals from a foreign country. If pure combat efficiency were all that mattered the USA would have used nuclear weapons in every conflict it has been involved in since 1945. |
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2008-10-09, 21:11 | Link #997 |
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I always find it funny when there's discussions about the Humanoid Carriers blah blah. This is a universe where singing is often more effective than nukes. Trying to apply reality to the macross universe is like trying to take emo out of gundam.
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2008-10-09, 21:45 | Link #998 |
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"Listen to my song" equals psychological warfare. It is quite effective, ranging from disarming the conflict to distracting the enemy.
However if the Minmay Attack/Defense does not defuse the situation, it is up to the Fighters and Captal ships to finish the job.
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