kzt wrote:Eagleeye wrote:To kill someone/something, you have to know (at least approximately), where he/she/it is ... Yeah, old-style Solly-SDs are built for energy-range-fighting. But even if you built a SD with so much Grasers/Lasers that he looks like a hedgehog - if you don't know where your target is, your energy weapons are useless.
At energy range you can optically see the target. All the jammers and such are pretty much completely useless when you can visually aim at the target. It's having an attack helicopter battalion land and everyone charge the Zulu hordes on foot with their survival knives drawn.
However, being in optical range doesn't necessarily mean you can hit it. Think about the 16" main battery guns on an Iowa class battleship. They were designed to fire against another ship of the same type. How well would the do against a torpedo boat? Sure they could see it, but would you be able to actually target it? Any hits against such a small, fast target would be complete luck.
Now, I don't recall if main weapon targeting accuracy has been mentioned previously other than mentioning they could be tied into the missile defense net, but that might only imply they are shooting in the general direction of the incoming missiles in the off chance it might hit.
Something to think about.