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Laser and shilds

croxiscroxis I am the walrus
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[url]http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/military_laser_031021.html[/url]

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  • Morden279Morden279 Genius
    I thought research into high-energy lasers was a dead end and not worth the money. I always thought that rail guns and hyper-velocity projectile weapons was the next step up.

    Regards,
    Morden
  • the_exilethe_exile Kupo!
    Last year they were always talking about the mile-long guns they've made that can shoot bullets well beyond the speed of sound... problem is, they're a mile long. :)
  • WHYWHY Elite Ranger
    for some reason this reminds me of an early-game strategy in Master of Orion...
  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    You know, that thought occured to me as well!
  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    I'm still waiting for the NASA starfury to show up....
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Need a station for it to live at first, and a shuttle to get that into orbit.
  • FreejackFreejack Jake the Not-so-Wise
    I think all of the above-mentioned things are theoretically possible, but have one severe limitation, viable source of power. Rail guns, lasers, PPGs even could be a reality if there was a power source that could drive them that was small and efficient enough.

    Actually there are a significant number of technological breakthroughs we are sitting on the cusp of, if only there was a power source strong enough to drive them.

    Jake
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Fusion with lasers is making good progress, as is fusion with some funky kind of chamber thing (not the tokamak core) that uses some unexpected part of the electromagnetic spectrum (I forget which part).
  • the_exilethe_exile Kupo!
    It is a well known fact that a laser beam-shield collision results in an explosion comparable to that of a nuclear missile.
  • BekennBekenn Sinclair's Duck
    Agreed. Only the slow blade penetrates the shield....
  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    Quick on defense, slow on attack
  • the_exilethe_exile Kupo!
    Exile made a somewhat educated joke. :D
  • Morden279Morden279 Genius
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by the_exile [/i]
    [B]It is a well known fact that a laser beam-shield collision results in an explosion comparable to that of a nuclear missile. [/B][/QUOTE]

    So the moral is, "shields aren't a good idea"... :D

    Regards,
    Morden
  • the_exilethe_exile Kupo!
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Morden279 [/i]
    [B]So the moral is, "shields aren't a good idea"... :D

    Regards,
    Morden [/B][/QUOTE]

    The moral is, "Brush up on your sword-fighting skills"

    :D
  • E.TE.T Quote-o-matic
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Morden279 [/i]
    [B]I always thought that rail guns and hyper-velocity projectile weapons was the next step up.[/B][/QUOTE]
    Rail gun and hyper-velocity projectile weapons are practically same thing.

    Maybe you could call these as exception which confirms the rule:
    LOSAT, hyper-velocity KEM:
    [url]http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-166.html[/url]
    [url]http://www.missilesandfirecontrol.com/our_products/antiarmor/LOSAT/product-LOSAT.html[/url] Watch those videos :D (And if you watch closely enough you can see the shockwave of explosion in first video)

    [url=http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/frsw.htm]FRSW[/url], [url=http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/arrmd.htm]ARRMD[/url] and [url=http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/hystrike.htm]HyStrike/[/url]

    But I think these "traditional" methods work as well against AFV as LOSAT:
    [url]http://www.missilesandfirecontrol.com/our_products/antiarmor/JAVELIN/product-JAVELIN.html[/url] and watch videos (first video is little over exposed, this is better: [url]http://koti.mbnet.fi/tuunaes/JavelinLiveFireVsT72.mpg[/url])
  • Morden279Morden279 Genius
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by E.T [/i]
    [B]Rail gun and hyper-velocity projectile weapons are practically same thing.[/B][/QUOTE]

    I know, I was using both terms to make sure people knew what I was going on about.

    Regards,
    Morden
  • the_exilethe_exile Kupo!
    I love how they have so many parentheses in the article, because every other word is a friggin' acronym.
  • E.TE.T Quote-o-matic
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by the_exile [/i]
    [B]I love how they have so many parentheses in the article, because every other word is a friggin' acronym. [/B][/QUOTE]
    Then you really love these links.:D

    [url]http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/acronym_index.html[/url]
    [url]http://www.fas.org/news/reference/lexicon/acronym.htm[/url] (specially [url=http://www.fas.org/news/reference/lexicon/acc.htm]C[/url] and [url=http://www.fas.org/news/reference/lexicon/acu.htm]U[/url])
    [url]http://home.satx.rr.com/bandor/megaterm/megaterm.htm[/url]
    [url]http://www.dacs.dtic.mil/topics/acronym/acronyms.shtml[/url]
    [url]http://www.2-sir.com/TwinFalls/acronym6.html[/url]

    [url=http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/subjectareas/gov/military.html]Military Acronyms and Glossaries[/url]
    [url=http://www.opaui.com/acro.html]Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms on the World Wide Web[/url]
    [url]http://www.globemaster.de/html/dictionary.html[/url]

    If you need more acronyms use google to search with these words: acronym, NASA. :D

    And everyone knows these of course, don't you?
    [url]http://www.ee.pdx.edu/~sheaj/icao.html[/url]

    [url=http://home.satx.rr.com/bandor/megaterm/mloco.txt]Murphy's law of combat[/url]


    Echo Tango, Sign off.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    NASA is nothing when it comes to acronyms. You should try the communications industry some time.
  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Biggles [/i]
    [B]NASA is nothing when it comes to acronyms. You should try the communications industry some time. [/B][/QUOTE]

    Tell me about it.....

    Remind me to NEVER read the damn manuals ever again.....especially for as a source for a mid-term paper. :eek:
  • the_exilethe_exile Kupo!
    Of course, I'm a geek, so I shouldn't talk... ROFLOLMFAO
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