Might wanna look up just how many watts you can get outa a gallon of jet fuel...
Oh. Too bad. I thought the real advances would be in having transgender pilots, and fuel that is environmentally sustainable.
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A bigger game changer was that a couple months ago an American Reaper drone shot down another drone in trials using a Stinger missile.
It's about energy delivered to the target. It would take a _lot_ of fuel to fire enough shots that are energetic enough to do real damage. Hundred of kilowatts or better.
What happens to the misses? Does the laser beam travel off into space and kill some unsuspecting alien and her kids? Or, hit the ground and blow up a gas station?
To defeat an AA missile, you don’t have to blow it up.
You only have to dazzle the optical seeker, which by requirement is made to be highly sensitive.
Might wanna look up just how many watts you can get outa a gallon of jet fuel...
I’ve always imagined that lasers would become viable when they were able to produce energy cells that were similar to a cartridge.
1 shot per cartridge.
Of course that doesn’t allow for a prolonged burn - but I suppose you could have different “calibers” and such for duration.
In games they over heat or run out of power and you have to wait for cool down and recharge ,LOL
It’s supposed to be sharks man, sharks! Sharks with laser beams.
