Mein Gott: Laser Weapon-Systems

[Wellenbrecher]

What exactly is the use of a bot that links pictures without attached links?

 

[Reginold992]

Awesome stuff.

If used to shoot down Nukes?

Yes.


If used to replace Nukes?

No.

 

[Wellenbrecher]

Laser WMDs?
So realistic.

 

[Duh]

We just gotta install it in all the disco balls of the world. Instant win.

 

[Mad Vader]

Time to install anti-laser mirrors on that drone in the back yard. Dodge that, laser defense systems.

 

[Delora Filth]

Laser WMDs?
So realistic.

Satellite mounted with a wide focus lens it should closely fit the description. Though that's still years away. I'm rooting for lightsabers as the next step in energy weapon research.

 

[rejenorst]

Finally a technology that can properly cut my cupcakes into neat slices.

 

[Argeus the Paladin]

So that means we are that much closer to having this now?

 

[Cyborg Eastern European]

Satellite mounted with a wide focus lens it should closely fit the description. Though that's still years away. I'm rooting for lightsabers as the next step in energy weapon research.

I'd go with man-portable electromagnetic kinetic weapons. Preferably railguns.

 

[Mage246]

The whole point of lasers is that they're precision weapons, NOT WMDs. That having been said, it would be extremely beneficial for lasers to replace nukes as the strategic deterrent of choice. Much safer for civilians and no long-term fallout.

 

[Cyborg Eastern European]

Bit harder to negate as well, given that you might only detect it when it hits you(well, you're never detecting it in that case but meh), if you aren't looking for it.

 

[Harkon Haakonson]

That having been said, it would be extremely beneficial for lasers to replace nukes as the strategic deterrent of choice. Much safer for civilians and no long-term fallout.

Good point.

 

[Jhessail]

Wonder what's their cooling system. The big drawback for YAL-1 was that the chemical laser required insane amount of energy to function well enough to take out missiles and the cooling was a major problem. It's not much use to shoot down a single drone, missile or a mortar shell if you then have to cool it down for 30 minutes.

Plus drones are ridiculously easy targets in the first place. No armor and plenty of soft, fragile components that can cause a mission-kill even without total destruction. Low-altitude ones can be brought down with AAA and high-altitude ones are so big that they are easy targets for radar-guided SAMs.

And no, we're not going to have Command & Conquer style orbital laser cannons any time soon.. Atmosphere is too much of an problem, even with the rapid-fire "let's burn a hole for the real beam to go through"-technique.

 

[MadocComadrin]

True, but they're basically the experts at anti-missile defense at this point. Trial by fire and all that.

IIRC, a joint US/Israel project had jet-mounted laser-based anti-missile system in the works 5-10 years ago.

 

[Scully]

One step closer to lightsabres
Lightsabre 1
Dragons 0

 

[Cyborg Eastern European]

That's actually a reason not to vote for lightsabers.

 

[Suspicous Pilgrim]

Yes, I demand that you immediately refer to them in correct spelling.

 

[Lord Burgess1]

Lightsabre.

 

[Suspicous Pilgrim]

Why do you British people try so hard to spell words like the French?

 

[rejenorst]

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