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To: C19fan
Even without a warhead an object going that fast will cause catastrophic damage.

as long as their isn't a fingerprint on the optics, a laser beam can travel 186,000 mph or >25x faster.

9 posted on 12/27/2018 7:25:49 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progs, socialists, or democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!!!!)
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To: DCBryan1

186,000 miles per second.


12 posted on 12/27/2018 7:29:20 AM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: DCBryan1

I think you are mistaking the speed of light. It’s actually 186,000 miles/second and not 186,000 miles per hour. By quoting it in miles per hour, you are making it 3600 times slower.


14 posted on 12/27/2018 7:32:04 AM PST by prophetic (Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be the Cat Food instead.)
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To: DCBryan1
...a laser beam can travel 186,000 mph...

I thought that was MPS, not MPH. Am I wrong?

27 posted on 12/27/2018 7:44:49 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: DCBryan1
So, what will the laser accomplish?

Heat up a white hot object a few more degrees?

88 posted on 12/27/2018 11:40:39 AM PST by doorgunner69
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To: DCBryan1

X3600


95 posted on 12/27/2018 3:56:24 PM PST by dangerdoc
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To: DCBryan1
as long as their isn't a fingerprint on the optics, a laser beam can travel 186,000 mph or >25x faster.

So can the beam from a penlight.....I get your point but targeting and keeping on target might be tricky with something moving that fast...no matter how fast the "projectile" trying to take it out.

102 posted on 12/28/2018 2:50:08 AM PST by trebb (Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...no-value-added types)
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