1, the Kilrathi have superior strength and presumably superior reflexes when compared to humans. Ok, there was nothing Confed could've done about that except maybe the GE program (and that was I think a decade after this war started).
2, the technology from what I observed from the WC games and WCATV series, the technology was pretty much the same though I think in Fleet Action novel, Forstchen typed how that the Kilrathi aerofighters were never significantly advanced when compared with Confed's aerofighters. So that got me thinking: what if the energy and ballistic weapons on Confed aerofighters each were mounted on a combination left&right&up&down turret? This way, Confed aerofighters could have firing arcs that could keep them out of the nonfiring arced Kilrathi aerofighter weapon shots. And how about gigantic smoke screens to cover Confed ships; I mean during the Battle for Earth the Confed civilian and Marine ships could have been covered and could have been vectored to their targets by other Confed craft. Also, the Kilrathi were bloodthirsty, so they most likely wouldn't've used energy shield colors beyond red; Confed should've used all seven colors of the visible light spectrum (ROYGBIV) for their energy shields.
3, the Behemoth supergun ship was a total waste of Confed resources, funds, and time. While Tolywn was having that ship built, Kilrathi Prince Thrakhath was having several smaller ships being built - the supercarriers and other ships that practically protected the Kilrathi from invasion (improving Thrakhath's reputation amongst the Kilrathi) and nearly enabled the Kilrathi to defeat Confed in Fleet Action novel (giving Thrakhath even more popularity & lessening Confed's morale).
4, Confed should've tried to capture more Kilrathi ships when possible. Captured Kilrathi ships used against the Kilrathi would've humiliated the Kilrathi military leadership and that might've lead to a Kilrathi civil war making it easier on Confed.
2, the technology from what I observed from the WC games and WCATV series, the technology was pretty much the same though I think in Fleet Action novel, Forstchen typed how that the Kilrathi aerofighters were never significantly advanced when compared with Confed's aerofighters. So that got me thinking: what if the energy and ballistic weapons on Confed aerofighters each were mounted on a combination left&right&up&down turret? This way, Confed aerofighters could have firing arcs that could keep them out of the nonfiring arced Kilrathi aerofighter weapon shots. And how about gigantic smoke screens to cover Confed ships; I mean during the Battle for Earth the Confed civilian and Marine ships could have been covered and could have been vectored to their targets by other Confed craft. Also, the Kilrathi were bloodthirsty, so they most likely wouldn't've used energy shield colors beyond red; Confed should've used all seven colors of the visible light spectrum (ROYGBIV) for their energy shields.
3, the Behemoth supergun ship was a total waste of Confed resources, funds, and time. While Tolywn was having that ship built, Kilrathi Prince Thrakhath was having several smaller ships being built - the supercarriers and other ships that practically protected the Kilrathi from invasion (improving Thrakhath's reputation amongst the Kilrathi) and nearly enabled the Kilrathi to defeat Confed in Fleet Action novel (giving Thrakhath even more popularity & lessening Confed's morale).
4, Confed should've tried to capture more Kilrathi ships when possible. Captured Kilrathi ships used against the Kilrathi would've humiliated the Kilrathi military leadership and that might've lead to a Kilrathi civil war making it easier on Confed.