From: nuny@bid.nes   
      
   On Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 9:54:03 AM UTC-7, Patrick Janecke wrote:   
   > Excellent point.   
      
     About what, by whom?   
      
   >  My biggest concern with even that form of stealth is that there are bound to   
   > be far more sensor installations for prospecting for metal (or possibly   
   > salvage) than military.  How does a cold running battleship fend off a swarm   
   > of hull-cutting salvage drones and remain cold?   
      
     By having the outermost layer being made of something the drones are   
   programmed not to mine. Worst you have to cope with then is the occasional   
   sampling laser.   
      
      
     Mark L. Fergerson   
      
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