Same (I'm GGP) I think it also makes a lot of assumptions about the nature of interstellar warfare - mainly that against a single-system enemy, attacks are qui

Same (I'm GGP) I think it also makes a lot of assumptions about the nature of interstellar warfare - mainly that against a single-system enemy, attacks are quick and destructive enough - and hard enough to defend against - to destroy all ability to retaliate with high certainty. A sort of MAD gone wrong, with an attacker not having to even worry about the possibility of a second strike by the more resilient elements of enemy forces.