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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Masao: [QB] James Fox: Are you saying that photon torpedoes are sublight weapons (cruising speed 0.75c)? That means a torp can't be fired forwards by a ship traveling at warp speeds? I thought the whole reason for developing torpedoes was that they could be used at warp speeds? Here's something else I've wondered about: How are torpedoes detonated? If they are travelling at high multiples of c and detonate on impact, isn't the internal circuitry limited to light speed? Wouldn't the torpedo have passed completely through the target by the time it could detonate? Maybe the torpedo drops out of warp before it hits? Or maybe there's some sort of proximity fuse. Of course, at those speeds, if you detonate a fraction of a second to early or too late you'll be off by possibly tens or hundreds of thousands of kilometers. Just thinking... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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