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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] The number of tubes might in fact be to compensate for the wimpiness of individual tubes. Just compare an early Ticonderoga SAM armament(four "tubes", in groups of two) to a late model (what, 60-70 "tubes"?). Firepower hasn't really been upgraded much - a VLS cell can let rip with missiles basically at the same rate an articulated twin launcher can, without risking interference from closely spaced launches, and houses a similar total of shots. As for stacking the fighters, I think the nature of Trek artificial gravity would allow for that - shuttlebays were designated as "variable gravity areas" aboard the E-D already. And the fighters probably have folding wings (or else they would need very long "stork-leg" landing gear). Still, a completely hollowed-out Akira probably couldn't carry more than 15 or perhaps 20. And as for the p-torp vs. q-torp argument, naturally it would be logistically simpler if the two types could use the same tube.Missiles as wildly different as Standard SAM, Harpoon ASM and ASROC ASWM can use the same common launcher. Then again, a Tomahawk or an ATACMS or a RAM cannot... And Trek torp launchers come with an integral warhead loader, which may have to be drastically different for p-torps and q-torps. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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