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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   Tim Bruening wrote:   
   > Merrick Baldelli wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:13:15 -0800, Tim Bruening   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:08:13 -0800, Tim Bruening   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> But surely there would be enough asteroids and bombs of the right   
   >>>>> type to allow Sheridan's trick to be attempted again.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>         Once something of this nature is used in battle, you can't   
   >>>> guarantee that you're going to get the same results twice.   
   >>>   
   >>> However, the Minbari were kicking the Earth Alliance's butt!   
   >>> Sheridan's tactic of exploding concealed nukes was the only one   
   >>> that had succeeded!  I would therefore have expected it to be used   
   >>> again and again by a desperate Earth Alliance military, even if   
   >>> success couldn't be guaranteed.  After all, the Earth Alliance had   
   >>> nothing to lose, since it was already losing.   
   >>   
   >>         You assume that the Minbari are what...  as stupid as the   
   >> French?   
   >>   
   >>         It's an interesting premise, Tim...  But really, I'm sort of   
   >> glad that jms didn't make the Minbari as idiotic as you're implying   
   >> here.  From a strategic viewpoint, if they were to fall for that same   
   >> trick over and over again, they would seriously deserve extinction.   
   >   
   > I'm not assuming Minbari stupidity, I'm asking why there is no   
   > indication that Sheridan's tactic (the only tactic that was AT ALL   
   > successful!), or some variation thereof, was apparently never tried   
   > again.   
      
   Simple, battles in asteroid fields dense enough for it to be attempted are   
   extremely rare and none occured during the rest of the war.   
      
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