Mikhael, you're right. AWACS
do need to scan in 3D. It olny occurred to me that an AWACS scan would be in two dimensions because the radar screens Air Force uses today are 2D...
I guess I'm too much like Khan in Star Trek II. I keep thinking in two dimensions when I should be thinking in three.
GE, I really like the idea of a Wild Weasel vessel, but I don't think it should be called a science cruiser. Maybe classify it as a gunboat? I don't want to say frigate, because in DatDB, I designated Aldo's warcruiser mods as frigates...
Does anyone know if real life AWACS planes are involved in Wild Weasel duties? I'd like to find out. GE, do know the answer to this question?
Also, what names of new ship classes for FS can we come up with and what size would they be? I want to start brainstorming so we can figure out how to classify this ship. Should we classify this new mod as a brand new AWACS or as something else? I don't like the idea of classifying it as a science cruiser because science cruisers are originally civilian vessels (that can be drafted into military service, true, but they're still primarily civilian) and AWACS are always military....
Yup - they watch dumbfounded as Chinese fighter planes crash into them.
Dude, Goober, that is low!

I don't think they were dumbfounded, though, they were probably too busy trying to land the plane safely to be dumbfounded at the time of the colliosion.
The Chinese fighter pilot, on the other hand,
he was probably
extremely dumbfounded when he realized that the Chinese Communist Party was incapable of saving him from his plane crashing into the ocean...
[translated from Chinese]: Agggh! I'm so blatantly filled with testosterone, I actually thought I could ram a bigger plane than mine at 900 knots and not get a scratch on me! Well, I'm losing altitude at an alarming rate, but that's alright. The Worker's Paradise that is Mother China won't let me die. Marx won't let me die. The butchers of Tiannanman Square who are my country's leaders won't let me die. I've got nothing to worry abo--"
*sound of huge explosion and crash as Chinese MiG rams into the ocean*
