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Originally posted by SLAYER69
Well it's great to know that if we are ever invaded by an army of car and truck hoods we got it covered
Originally posted by seataka
Originally posted by SLAYER69
Well it's great to know that if we are ever invaded by an army of car and truck hoods we got it covered
good point... but I believe this demonstration is even worse....notice that a black square target was drawn with a very THICK black line, on the WHITE hood... I believe the black was essential to absorb instead of reflect enough of the infrared beam...to burn the paint black..
Here is a real life case where a shiny, reflective, aluminum tinfoil hat might just save your life!!!!!(note1)
Originally posted by seataka
Re slightest bit of dust, - yup... correct, I'd only volunteer with a fresh roll of tinfoil...
And credit where credit is due, it is not easy to have adaptive optics fast enough to compensate for air induced beam spread...and the harmonic vibrations of a C-130...but the boeing skunkworks dudes did demonstrate that...
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In any duel between weapons systems with electronics, the one with the fastest rise time (delta V over delta T) will usually win.
[edit on 7-10-2009 by seataka]
Originally posted by harpsounds
Oh, on the subject of reflectors/mirrors... I heard Michio Kaku talking about this once. He said while that can be an effective countermeasure to lasers in some ways, the lasers will be so powerful that such thick mirror would be needed it would become impractical.
The mirror will always absorb some of the energy, so would need to be so thick to deal with these lasers that it would not be workable to mount on missiles/tanks etc without reducing their range or increasing their weight to the point they are worthless.
Also, since this appears to be an IR laser, wouldn't the IR signature present an easy target for IR-seeking anti-air missiles?