Particle beams!!!!!!, page 1

and high-energy laser equipment. does anyone have any stories, facts, theories, or rants about this sort of topic?

im very fascinated by this kind of weapon, and was MAJORLY disappointed when they were inside an actual particle accelerator in Terminator 3 but never had it fire which would have been beautiful.

here's a picture representing the tech for ppl going



that may be simulated, and not a real satellite with a laser deployment system, BTW

Lasers and Particle Beams...
Ok..

Northrop Grumman's THEL
The Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) THEL, was developed by TRW Inc. under a $89 million contract. During several tests in teh USA, the system has shot down 25 Katyusha rockets, but has not been deployed.

Here's an image of it...



Here's a Katyusha rocket in flight that got destroyed by the THEL



Boeing's ABL
The Boeing Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense is designed to destroy a theater ballistic missile in its boost phase. It is based on a 747 freighter aircraft.

Image of the ABL stationary



...and the ABL in flight...


Shiva Star
An offshoot of Star Wars technology during the Reagan years, Shiva Star showed much promise as a particle beam type weapon, it worked by creating small compact plasma halos and projecting them at very high hypersonic speeds towards an intended target.....
The discharge of "ShivaStar" was also reported to produce massive magnetic fields that made the iron beams that were the frame of the hangar it was housed in to bend upon Shiva's discharge - so much so that the researchers had to reinforce the hangar's frame.
It was around these first successful tests that Shiva Star was "officially cancelled".
Nick Cook of Janes Defense Weekly has stated that rather than being cancelled he believes that Shiva Star became a "black", special access development program.

Shiva Star in it's unclassified form - the largest EMP generator in the world.



Hope this helps...

Intelgurl~





[Edited on 7-1-2004 by intelgurl]

Originally posted by lilblam
Isn't the only reason we see lasers here on Earth is because the light is reflected off of particles in our atmosphere? Doesn't that mean that any laser or light is completely invisible in space, as there is no atmosphere to reflect it? So, no doubt, that picture above is as simulated as when you hear EXPLOSIONS in space in Star Wars movies

You're right. You can't see lasers in space. Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics

Originally posted by amantine

You're right. You can't see lasers in space. Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics

This is one of the most amusing sites I've seen in a long, long time.

DE

Originally posted by intelgurl
Lasers and Particle Beams...
Ok..

Northrop Grumman's THEL
The Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) THEL, was developed by TRW Inc. under a $89 million contract. During several tests in teh USA, the system has shot down 25 Katyusha rockets, but has not been deployed.

Here's an image of it...



Here's a Katyusha rocket in flight that got destroyed by the THEL



Boeing's ABL
The Boeing Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense is designed to destroy a theater ballistic missile in its boost phase. It is based on a 747 freighter aircraft.

Image of the ABL stationary



...and the ABL in flight...


Shiva Star
An offshoot of Star Wars technology during the Reagan years, Shiva Star showed much promise as a particle beam type weapon, it worked by creating small compact plasma halos and projecting them at very high hypersonic speeds towards an intended target.....
The discharge of "ShivaStar" was also reported to produce massive magnetic fields that made the iron beams that were the frame of the hangar it was housed in to bend upon Shiva's discharge - so much so that the researchers had to reinforce the hangar's frame.
It was around these first successful tests that Shiva Star was "officially cancelled".
Nick Cook of Janes Defense Weekly has stated that rather than being cancelled he believes that Shiva Star became a "black", special access development program.

Shiva Star in it's unclassified form - the largest EMP generator in the world.



Hope this helps...

Intelgurl~





[Edited on 7-1-2004 by intelgurl]

This will be a great ABL for the ground. I have heard some reports of devices similar like this at our base Thule, Greenland. Also, on the islands of Kauai and Maui, Hawaii, there are some instillations (call-signed as missile installations) which were in development during the Regan administration. These lasers may be operational to a point. ABMs there may be possible there as well, but I highly doubt it.

[Edited on 17-1-2004 by TheConservative]

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