Navigational Deflector Dish Question?
From what I understand, the navigational deflector dish...
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/6/67/Refit_Constitution_class_navigational_deflector.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111216220535&path-prefix=en
...appears on the front of starships to basically clear any space debris from the path of the starships as they travel either at impulse or warp speeds.
Why does the U.S.S. Reliant not have a navigational deflector array?
http://www.modelermagic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/kg_ncc-1864_fwd.jpg
The U.S.S. Grissom doesn't seem to have one either...
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/images/1/1b/USS_Grissom_(fore).jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110113210621&path-prefix=en
Any Star Trek techies care to explain??
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