Brank (Eherm, mind if i correct you? In space, there is indeed air resistance BUT, 10 atoms of ''air'' per cubic metre is... Astronomicly low, the only range where the air resistance would be large enough to be problematic for kinetics is STUPIDLY large, like a lightyear or so. Combat that is taking place in a few lightyears of distance is... stupid. simply put, also did you know that energy based weaponry is more effective at shorter ranges? energy weapons loose energy at long range, although there's probably some kinds of energy weapons which benefit off of being long ranged and don't become weaker.
And i may be completely wrong as i'm no SW nerd. Disney killed SW i dare you to change my mind
little brandy also didn't say the kinetics were stronger at range, he was referring to the fact his ships could almost easily dodge incoming projectiles, although good luck dodging with a 19km ship although that statement about your projectiles is also true for him, as your ships could do the shield merge thing and block the shots before so they don't screw the SSD, although i think he may have the advantage of having speedier projectiles as SW shots are comically slow according to the movies and other stuff.)
