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Originally Posted by crucifissio
it is amusing that you think that your government is honest in any of its dealings let alone with the #1 cash cow war inc 
the laser is made out to be waaay more important that it really is...it can not melt thick metal...china already has anti energy weapon paint...made of rare earth it absorbs heat like a mother fucker...the range of the laser is the horizon...
lets say the laser is at 20meters high this is a 16km to horizon distance...russian missiles travel at mach 3...this is 3675mk/h...thats 1km/second...you literally have 16 seconds to penetrate and theres like 4 heading towards you...keep in mind russia has more than 4....4 is a pitiful number I chose out of kindness for your silly laser...
do you see the problem?
your laser is shit...it is a gimmick...good for cheap somali pirate boats...only costs a buck to fire so it will pay off the billions spent on it when you stop billions of somali pirate boats...
accept that it is shit and move on... |
When it comes to engineering, there are always compromises, if something "absorbs heat like a mother fucker", there is good chance it will reflects radar rays "like a mother fucker" too, making it detectable at 5x the distance, or is expensive as fuck, so now your missiles will cost 3x as much, or adds on additional weight, etc, there is always some compromise.
Another detail that you are ignoring is that the laser shown is just initial proof of concept, with much more powerful lasers in development. So while the one shown is pretty weak, realistically only usable against a drone or somali boat, future ones will be able to destroy an incoming missile in a fraction of a second.