BraveLittleToaster@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 6 months agoWhy doesn't the military do this? are they stupid?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down19
arrow-up1347arrow-down1imageWhy doesn't the military do this? are they stupid?lemmy.worldBraveLittleToaster@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squareSocsalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoThis 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-26 months agoInteresting! 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.