The Last Conformist
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Well, surely "infinite" range is perfectly realistic, since your typical ICBM has the range to reach any spot on the planet.
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Well, surely "infinite" range is perfectly realistic, since your typical ICBM has the range to reach any spot on the planet.
Krayzeenbk
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@snsfro: You are wrong. There is a reason it is called an intercontinental ballistic missile, and that is that it can hit targets on continents other than "Eurasia". Europe is well within its range, and so is the USA. The missiles you are talking about were not called ICBMs.
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/r7.html (range: 8000 km).
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/icbm/r-7.htm (range: 8000 km; R-7M range: 12000-14000 km).
http://plesetsk.org/BSEMYORKA_7.HTM (range: 8000 km, R-7A: 12000 km).
http://www.aviation.ru/missile/#R-7 (range: 8000 km).
http://www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/gal114/SpaceRace/sec200/sec250.htm ("the R-7 missile was powerful enough to launch a nuclear warhead against the United States or to hurl a spacecraft into orbit").
Note that the R-7A and R-7M were the deployment versions, so the missiles that you will get to use in Civ3 can be said to have a range of 12000 km.
Perhaps you would like to cite your sources?
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@The Last Conformist: Your typical ICBM does not have the range to reach any spot on the planet. ICBMs have a large range, but it is by no means infinite (ignoring wild trajectories). Orbital missiles are missiles with truly unlimited range (and the ability to strike any target from almost any direction no matter where they are launched from in a reasonable amount of time). But that is details
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http://www.russianspaceweb.com/r7.html (range: 8000 km).
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/icbm/r-7.htm (range: 8000 km; R-7M range: 12000-14000 km).
http://plesetsk.org/BSEMYORKA_7.HTM (range: 8000 km, R-7A: 12000 km).
http://www.aviation.ru/missile/#R-7 (range: 8000 km).
http://www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/gal114/SpaceRace/sec200/sec250.htm ("the R-7 missile was powerful enough to launch a nuclear warhead against the United States or to hurl a spacecraft into orbit").
Note that the R-7A and R-7M were the deployment versions, so the missiles that you will get to use in Civ3 can be said to have a range of 12000 km.
Perhaps you would like to cite your sources?
[pedantic]
@The Last Conformist: Your typical ICBM does not have the range to reach any spot on the planet. ICBMs have a large range, but it is by no means infinite (ignoring wild trajectories). Orbital missiles are missiles with truly unlimited range (and the ability to strike any target from almost any direction no matter where they are launched from in a reasonable amount of time). But that is details
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Plexus
Architeuthidae puericomedentis
Wow. Looks great. Will be awesome in a cold war scenario.
Krayzeenbk
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Wyrmshadow
Deity
Wow, that was a long wait. Nice work btw.
Krayzeenbk
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I had to make my own utility for converting FLCs. I got really annoyed with some aspects of it after 2 days in October and quit, and only returned about a week ago
vbraun
Raytracing
Its about time.
BTW, nice work
BTW, nice work
