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Posted on 07/13/2018 6:21:13 PM PDT by Libloather
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That’s funny. The last time they’d seen that motif was not a pleasant time for them.
Almost in unison, the Japanese went “Oo...wah !”
My dad and I went to pick up my brother at the Denver airport sometime around 1970 and we were waiting at the gate. Dad, who had served in the China-Burma-India Theater of War saw a Flying Tigers plane and got a kick out of it.
It concerns me as well.
Then multiple planes with similar patterns and appearances is important
My dad, born in 1906, was a bit too old to step forward in 1942.
He had flying experience and was recruited into the Hump Pilots in ‘43.
He flew as a civilian pilot and he was not the only civilian in the CBI.
He wore an officer’s uniform with the CBI patch but without rank insignia.
He was referred to as “captain.”
That’s neat. He might have taken my Dad over the Hump.
Thanks for sharing.
I'm no expert on weaponized lasers, but I've seem them in use and I know that whatever amount of energy can be reflected is that much less available to inflict damage. Damage is done by power absorbed by one spot on the target over X time. You have to get enough power onto one spot for enough time to achieve burn-through or cause destruction by over-heating. In airborne application this has to be done while the target is moving, obviously, and often while the weapon platform is in flight as well.
To thwart a laser weapon, you can use reflection and/or ablation. Reflection probably isn't an option for aircraft which need a minimal radar return. Presumably in that case you would want the radar absorbing material to have ablative properties. Ideally the coating would be thick enough to ablate multiple layers if needed.
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