re: #80 Obdicut

Thanks. I figured that it’d be easier, but wanted to check my assumptions. I think I understand what you mean about vulnerability; that they could fire while orbiting, allowing a shorter trajectory and not to have to escape atmosphere and re-enter, but only re-enter, is their same vulnerability— that something destroying them would only have to exit atmosphere, not re-enter.

Is there more vulnerability as well, aside from that?

Sorry if I’m bugging you with this.

Monitoring and maintenance would certainly be more complex and expensive.

Not to mention that a control jet malfunction could leave you with the wonderful crisis of having to deal with a orbital weapons platform that wants to come down on its own and unscheduled.