[gurps] [VEHICLE] of the week 731 ? Planetary Defense Battery

[Onno Meyer]

> Onno Meyer wrote:
> 
> > 
> > * As far as targeting goes, ladar seems to be the best bet. Any AESA
> > can function as a ladar, at -2 to scan. Scanning through a body of
> > water gives another -8 (p. VE171)
> 
> Laugh. Wacky VE2 sensor rules. Scanning through a typical body of water 
> should give something like -1 per hex or fraction (exact numbers depend 
> on water clarity).

I'm not so sure. There is talk about ladar for ASW or fish finding, and 
that -1 would kill those applications ...

http://www.etl.noaa.gov/technology/instruments/floe/
http://www.thsoa.org/hy01/9_2.pdf
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/sh-60r.htm

VXi17 has an optional rule on blue-green ladar. In parenthesis it 
says that realistically, blue-green ladars should have -6 and other
ladars should have -12.

Onno