[Spaceships] Warhead system

[lexington]

Originally Posted by ciaran_skye

In space there's nothing to propagate the shock wave, so explosives really wouldn't have that large of an effective blast radius. In real-live naval warfare if it's not a direct hit the ship isn't likely to suffer enough damage to sink it. (Unless, of course, the attack comes from below where the water effectively propagates the blast waves.)

Nuclear and antimatter weapons work in Spaceships because there are other effects (hard radiation, X-Rays, heat, etc.) that serve to deliver the energy. Most of an atom bomb's blast damage on Earth comes from (and this is freakin' awesome) the air literally burning from the amount of X-Rays generated.

I know that the effects are reduced due to lack of atmosphere to play with but if you fire your purely KK missile it can't afford to miss its target at all. The blast won't be nearly as effective as a direct hit from the missile as a back up it seems worth considering.