I find it very unlikely that it’s useful for a design of warplanes to think about how c constrains their design space and think about how the opponents are constrained by c. It’s too far away from practical considerations.
I am sympathetic to this feeling, but as it happens c pops up almost immediately because of communication and targeting requirements. Radios, radar, laser guidance, and various kinds of telemetry all have to use the speed of light (at least in air) explicitly in their operation.
I find it very unlikely that it’s useful for a design of warplanes to think about how c constrains their design space and think about how the opponents are constrained by c. It’s too far away from practical considerations.
I am sympathetic to this feeling, but as it happens c pops up almost immediately because of communication and targeting requirements. Radios, radar, laser guidance, and various kinds of telemetry all have to use the speed of light (at least in air) explicitly in their operation.
This exchange was helpful to me.