Weapon of the future tested.

#7
#7
I bet they have these things cooking enemy fighters before too long. This is actually some missile defense technology that shows promise.
 
#8
#8
rjd970 said:
I bet they have these things cooking enemy fighters before too long. This is actually some missile defense technology that shows promise.
Click to expand...

I like the idea because you can just track and destroy, even in the face of chaff/decoys, vs. hit to kill. Of course, if it is endoatmospheric, it really doesn't matter I guess.
 
#10
#10
rjd970 said:
I bet they have these things cooking enemy fighters before too long. This is actually some missile defense technology that shows promise.
Click to expand...

The DOD has just made an agreement with Romania to establish anti-missile bases in that country to counter an expected Iranian threat.

Obama had previously nixed bases in Poland and the Czech Republic to appease Russia.

I agree though, in the future theoretically it is possible that powerful ground based laser antiaircraft/antimissile weapons could make SAMs look like stone aged technology.
 
#11
#11
This will just be another case where scientists and engineers gouge the American public by trying to 'understand' things and trying to 'control' the way these processes work. I wish they would just leave us alone. We haven't had aerial lasers in the past and we've defended ourselves just fine.
 
#12
#12
TennTradition said:
I like the idea because you can just track and destroy, even in the face of chaff/decoys, vs. hit to kill. Of course, if it is endoatmospheric, it really doesn't matter I guess.
Click to expand...

What would be the limiting factors that would make it only endoatmospheric?
 
#14
#14
IPorange said:
What would be the limiting factors that would make it only endoatmospheric?
Click to expand...

There may be some factors there, such as not wanting our lasers in a clearly defined orbit so that they are easily targeted; however that isn't where I was going (though I can see why it might read that way). The comment about endoatmospheric was meant to be that the decoys/chaff wouldn't be a significant problem if the intercept is endoatmospheric (and the write-up seemed like this was being tested in endoatmospherically), so this would seem to be a bigger upgrade if applied exoatmospherically. That probably made no sense..my thoughts are not flowing well today.
 
#15
#15
TennTradition said:
This will just be another case where scientists and engineers gouge the American public by trying to 'understand' things and trying to 'control' the way these processes work. I wish they would just leave us alone. We haven't had aerial lasers in the past and we've defended ourselves just fine.
Click to expand...

Well if we could tax the hell out of CO2 we could possibly completely control international money flow!!

Remember the Soviet era airborne laser incident in which some American airmen were temporarily blinded and possibly had permanent vision impairment???

I wish they would leave us the hell alone also but experience has taught me that short of divine intervention that just ain't going to happen.

OTOH if we had space based lasers and I had the right remote, theoretically I wouldn't need to refuel my zippo to light my cigs any more.

Heck, Boy Scouts wouldn't even need to learn how to rub two sticks together to earn their camping merit badge. :popcorn:
 
#16
#16
TennTradition said:
There may be some factors there, such as not wanting our lasers in a clearly defined orbit so that they are easily targeted; however that isn't where I was going (though I can see why it might read that way). The comment about endoatmospheric was meant to be that the decoys/chaff wouldn't be a significant problem if the intercept is endoatmospheric (and the write-up seemed like this was being tested in endoatmospherically), so this would seem to be a bigger upgrade if applied exoatmospherically. That probably made no sense..my thoughts are not flowing well today.
Click to expand...

Well flowing well or not they sure are stimulating to me, for instance you made me think; what if we fired a shot from one of those hopped up boogers and hit some alien mother ship byaccident with it's cloaking device turned on and we couldn't see it and all they wanted was to be taken to meet with our leader but when they got hit they sent a message back to their home galaxy that we were very hostile and further advanced than they had estimated and the leaders in their home galaxy reacted badly and sent an armada of of space war ships to kick our buttocks??????????

That just confirms my earlier conclusion, we need to elect someone with a quick wit just in case we need to explain ourselves in the future and I'm now definately writing in Larry the Cable Guy in the next election!!!
 
#19
#19
TennTradition said:
I like the idea because you can just track and destroy, even in the face of chaff/decoys, vs. hit to kill. Of course, if it is endoatmospheric, it really doesn't matter I guess.
Click to expand...

True, and people typically underestimate how having a speed of light weapon makes the engagement much easier. The only problem is you need line of sight, so there is still a tradeoff.
 
#20
#20
MG1968 said:
global cooling, actually, since they're gonna punch holes through the atmosphere:)
Click to expand...

But what if we ripped a hole in the time space continuum and created a black hole and it sucked us in and the moon and all the nearby planets and the sun and the whole galaxy and nearby galaxies, etc???

What about that??

rjd970 said:
True, and people typically underestimate how having a speed of light weapon makes the engagement much easier. The only problem is you need line of sight, so there is still a tradeoff.
Click to expand...

Well you could put a bunch of mirrors in orbit and then you could hit anywhere! :p
 
#21
#21
A similar laser, flying in a larger aircraft (B-747) is to have enough range to knock down ballistic missiles as they take off. This is what was used in the recent test.
Click to expand...
There have been some rumblings that there may be some design work coming to mod the 747 to carry a laser weapon.

If it results in some aircraft structural design projects, I say rock on!
 
#23
#23
Consider this. I remember the 5 1/4 inch floppy disks from the 80's. Now they are a museum piece. Technology has advanced at an incredible rate. Who says that in a few years, this weapon will advance until a hand held laser can zap a man at over a mile away.

After all, Captain Kirk's phaser was about the same size as an electric razor.
 
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.

VN Store



Back
Top