Talk:Anti-ballistic Missiles

Rewording

The part about needing a level 9 silo full of IBMs to blast through a level 4 silo full of ABMs is a bit misleading. All you really need is 9 total levels of silo full of IBMs. That could be one lvl 9, 9 level 1s, or a 5 and two 2s. It doesn't matter, so long as you have at least 41 missiles. (Coincidentally, 9 level 1 silos is insignificantly more expensive than a single level 4 silo.) I just can't think of a good way to word it right now. Unless, of course, I'm completely misunderstanding how IPMs work, and you can't launch then from multiple planets. But that would be silly. --Rob 14:20, 10 November 2009 (UTC) You can in fact launch from multiple planets, but keep in mind you need a level 4 silo just to build them, so you can't have 9 level 1s (unless you're a masochist who wants to build silos then tear them down three levels after making missiles). That said, a level 4 silo on each planet you have filled with IBMs and you could get through a level 18 silo filled to the brim with ABMs. Then, I'm assuming that you both start rebuilding, but you'll have 9 more IBMs when the defender might be lucky to have 3

Launching IBMs from multiple planets at the same time

Is it possible to launch IBMs from multiple planets against 1 target simultaneously?

Yes. So somebody with a several less developed planets can totally destroy a highly developed defense by launching multiple attacks with IBM's.

Additional Rewording Necessary

Another problem with this section is that there is an assumption that the level 4 missile silos on the defending planet would be full of ABMs. They could be full of IBMs meaning that it would take 1 IBM to get through. Another possibility is that it could have 30 ABMs and 5 IBMs meaning it would take 31 IBMs or level 7 missile silo. Then again if the missile silo level is 0, then it would take ONE (1) IBM to destroy the planet's defenses.

Robert Ruff, 07:05, 6 January 2010 (UTC)