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To: RomanSoldier19

How much energy will be lost in the conversion to laser beams and back.

This makes zero sense, Clouds will stop/deflect lasers and maybe microwaves?


2 posted on 06/08/2022 2:40:30 AM PDT by SPDSHDW (Buy JHP ammo, Level 3/4 armor and rifles. Won’t be able to for much longer, and we’re gonna need em)
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To: SPDSHDW

Unless its a weapon.


3 posted on 06/08/2022 2:42:59 AM PDT by The Free Engineer
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To: SPDSHDW

How much mass would have to be put in orbit for this system. It takes lots of energy to put a pound into orbit.


6 posted on 06/08/2022 2:51:38 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: SPDSHDW

It has to be microwaves, which can be done at 90%+ efficiency. Lasers would never work, the writer’s smoking crack on that one.


20 posted on 06/08/2022 5:40:56 AM PDT by eclecticEel ("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
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