BraveLittleToaster@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11か月前Why doesn't the military do this? are they stupid?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1357
arrow-up1357imageWhy doesn't the military do this? are they stupid?lemmy.worldBraveLittleToaster@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11か月前message-square71fedilink
minus-squareSocsa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11か月前This was a real concept for the anti-ICMB 747. The idea was to loiter it outside air defense range and then send drones in as reflectors to target the lasers much closer to the threat.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-211か月前Interesting! Yeah, I think in the right atmospheric conditions this could absolutely work. Why it’s NCD, as drawn, is that shells already exist and do exactly this when fired on an indirect arc.
This was a real concept for the anti-ICMB 747. The idea was to loiter it outside air defense range and then send drones in as reflectors to target the lasers much closer to the threat.
Interesting! Yeah, I think in the right atmospheric conditions this could absolutely work.
Why it’s NCD, as drawn, is that shells already exist and do exactly this when fired on an indirect arc.