From: jrs9jrs9@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 5:57:10 PM UTC-5, Tim Bruening wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 12:38:45 PM UTC-8, Your Name wrote:   
   > > In article <54beb1d2$0$19658$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, Dimensional   
   > > Traveler  wrote:   
   > > > On 1/20/2015 9:26 AM, John Reiher wrote:   
   > > > > On 2015-01-20 00:52:44 +0000, Tim Bruening said:   
   > > > >>   
   > > > >> Major Nit: Near the end of Starship Troopers, a large number of troop   
   > > > >> ships approach bug infested Planet P to land troops in order to   
   > > > >> capture a "brain bug".  The bugs are firing some sort of plasma weapon   
   > > > >> up at the troop ships.  The troop ships make absolutely no effort to   
   > > > >> defend themselves!  They don't take any evasive action, or fire   
   > > > >> defensive missiles at the bug plasma balls, or raise any shields!   
   > > > >   
   > > > > It's worse than that. The orbital velocity of the ships would be around   
   > > > > 2 km/s and those plasma farts are barely doing 100 mph! They wouldn't   
   be   
   > > > > over the danger zone for more than a few seconds and they can easily   
   > > > > outrun the farts. It's Hollyweird science!   
   > > >   
   > > > It was recreating WWII amphibious assaults IN SPACE!!!  (Those last two   
   > > > words should be said in an echo chamber.)   
   > >   
   > > Sounds like typical military strategy. The Generals and Majors aren't   
   > > there, so why bother wasting money on things like shields, evavsive   
   > > movement fuel, defenseive missiles, etc.?? Simply send in a pile of   
   > > cannon fodder as always and hope that some will get through - that   
   > > leaves more money to pay for the tea and choccy biscuits in the air   
   > > conditioned offices back at HQ for the higher-ups to sit in comfy   
   > > chairs congratulating themselves on a "job welll done".   :-\   
   >   
   > But wouldn't the Generals want as many troops as possible to make it to the   
   surface to maximize the chances of capturing that brain bug they wanted?   
      
      
      
   Picture it a lot like the US tanks in Europe in WWII.  The Shermans   
   individually were no match for the Tigers, but if you could build them at a   
   50-to-1 rate over that of Tiger production, you can afford the higher loss   
   rate.   
      
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