After this thread inspired me to dive into the dropship rules (The fighter is, after all, fluffed as a strike bird), I wondered:
How effective is it's weapon load, actually, against larger craft?
Is there still a point in a single large hit against, say, a warship? Or Dropship?
It is, without a doubt, devastating against opposing fighters, but I'm not so sure anymore about the thresholding of a squadron.
Oh, and regarding armour:
If a reflec bird is hit with, say, a Long Tom, will that be 8x 5 dmg, or will the clusters be doubled to 4x 10 dmg?