Q&A · 8:03-10:56

Rocket delta-v exposes a Stargate missile-design gap

Conventional rocket endurance is compared with Stargate ship acceleration to ask why missiles do not use the same sublight-drive technology.

Question

How could conventionally fueled missiles threaten ships capable of sustained high-g acceleration?

Short answer

They probably could not; credible weapons would need adapted sublight-drive technology unless cost or miniaturization prevented it.

Notes

A viewer points out that solid-fuel rockets cannot match the sustained acceleration shown by Stargate warships. Conventional rockets would exhaust their useful delta-v after only seconds at the acceleration levels depicted. That constraint exposes a design inconsistency: the setting miniaturizes advanced propulsion for F-302 fighters, yet its missiles still look conventionally powered. Adapting the sublight drive would make the weapons far more credible against maneuvering starships. Cost, maturity, and miniaturization offer possible explanations, but the mismatch remains.