![]() Indeed, the primary appeal of space-based platforms for military communications and reconnaissance is the fact that vast areas of the Earth can be communicated with or observed from space at any particular time. This essay will attempt to apply the “OAKOC plus Weather” methodology in the space warfare domain, particularly for combat operations in Earth orbit.įor the most part, outer space provides almost limitless observation ranges and vast “fields” (volumes?) of fire for weapons. Additionally, Weather is also a consideration for assessing the battlespace. OAKOC stands for Observation and Fields of Fire, Avenues of Approach, Key and Decisive Terrain, Obstacles, and Cover and Concealment. As a young cadet and then Infantry officer, I was taught the mnemonic OCOKA, which apparently was changed in Army field manuals some years ago to OAKOC. He's a useful distraction if he enters the fray with a distracted MUTO, but he'd fair about as well as the male would if either MUTO pre-charged his face to the degree of the hit Avenger took if either turned their full attention on him.After reading a recent essay at The Space Review on space reconnaissance (see “From SSA to space recon: Setting the conditions to prevail in astrodynamic combat”, The Space Review, August 31, 2010), I found myself inspired to think about the challenges of intelligence preparation of the battlespace for space warfare. It really boils down to Raijin and Strikethorn, since if Hakuja gets caught on his lonesome he's fucked, by either of them. More serious a threat to the male, but he's by far more difficult to hit whilst in motion. ![]() The female is bigger than that, with a heavier mass to boot, so unless there's something I missed, Strikethorn's claim to fame is little more than an irritant there. ![]() They didn't seem to penetrate, and if I recall that particular Jaeger was designed for speed above power and defense. Strikethorn's demonstrated feats are pretty nill, his spines knocked a Jaeger away from Hakuja, but really weren't impressive. Having seen the movie once, I'm a little more familiar with the Kaiju. I'll have to do some rough digging, but I did a rough estimation based on several scenes with reference points to get a loose range on how fast that Godzilla was merely pushing a heavily resisting female, and the lower end numbers are still in the neighborhood of 30-50mph, at a walking pace (if I'm remembering correctly). ![]() Godzilla, on the other hand, is done from the perspective of human observers, massive creatures that only appear lumbering, the distances they have to cover, by their own size, means they are moving much, much faster than you think they are. PC is from the perspective, time-wise, as the Jaegers and Kaiju themselves, real-time for the much larger perspective. There is a distinct difference in perspective between Pacific Rim fights and the fights in Godzilla. I'm also relatively tired of seeing the claims of "Pacific Rim things are faster". We never really get to see Raijin engage in combat without utilizing his face-shield. It's also somewhat disingenuous to call Raijin straight "better" at melee than Godzilla.
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