We just had a discussion about that with a new Doubting Thomas.

On 7/16/2015 9:22 PM, xxxxxx@ozemail.com.au wrote:
> The proliferation of sensor and communications technologies is likely
> to make combat shorter and increasingly deadly.
>
> An interesting analysis of historical (and possible future) air-to-air
> combat can be downloaded from here:
> http://csbaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Air-to-Air-Report-.pdf
>
> I think there's lots of applicability to Traveller.
>
> At typical Imperial tech levels, every object in a star system will be
> tracked or have its gross characteristics (size, signatures across the
> EM spectrum, orbital elements) readily measurable.
>
> The defender will have a big situational awareness advantage over an
> intruder as a result.
>
>
> Rob O'Connor
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