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Originally posted by purplemer
reply to post by SplitInfinity
The reliance on technology can be an Achilles heal. It does not matter how good your military is if someone turns your satalites off line..
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
reply to post by DaRAGE
It is a LASER that works like a PARTICLE BEAM! With a Global Satellite Reflection Grid and Networked Super Computers for Targeting...the Nuclear Powered FEL Beam is HOTTER THAN THE SURFACE OF THE SUN! It can target the actual independent MIRVED WARHEADS of any Missile and VAPORIZE THE WARHEAD. This is a lot different than shooting down a missile.
Uranium and Plutonium exposed to such concentrated Energy and Head will vaporize into Hydrogen and Helium.
Split Infinity
Originally posted by DaesDaemar
The only problem I see with this is that you think America can't be invaded, it already has! It's called immigration and when world war 3 starts, how do you defend every city from psychopaths with dirty bombs intent on killing everyone? The FEL can detect those that wish harm?
So I say to you...Immigration is not a BAD THING! As long as it is legal...THEY...BECOME...US! And like many before them...they will fight to the DEATH...to protect the Country that welcomed them and gave them a chance at the AMERICAN DREAM! We need more people seeking that dream and we need the right people Governing to give these people a chance of achieving it!
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
reply to post by Cancerwarrior
If you were to make this statement a decade ago...I would agree. Thing is that the new Breakthroughs are so over the top in their Power Projection abilities...it is not possible for any adversary to destroy the current system being deployed. Split Infinity
Originally posted by purplemer
reply to post by SplitInfinity
I dont mean firing missiles at satalites. I mean sitting in font of a laptop and knocking it off line. No system is fool proof. WW3 could be won without the use of an army..
Originally posted by Cancerwarrior
reply to post by SplitInfinity
Uhhhh.....did you read my post?. I was in when the army tried to put it on the Abrams in the late 90's. I was stationed at Ft. Carson with the 3rd ACR when they tried to implement this crap on the A2s. After millions of dollars and several headaches they decided it was cheaper to pay a person to be the loader. Ask the troops on the ground in Iraq who were buying their own body armor and going through the trash to put anything to act as a barrier on their vehicles about all the cool technology and laser weapons and terminator robots the army has. Its all B.S. It exists somewhere I'm sure. But its too costly to implement stuff like this and in the end boots on the ground with rifles win wars. Not fancy expensive gadgets that they like to shot off to the public to give this perception that they are the most advanced bestest military out there.edit on 18-9-2012 by Cancerwarrior because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by DaRAGE
Originally posted by OccamsRazor04
Yeah. And airplanes. And ships. And Satellites. And tracking. And communications. And target designation. And more.
Seems like you still don't know anything. Go do some research into why the ability of the FEL to use varying wavelengths is important.
Seriously... Why in the hell do I the reader of a thread, have to be the one doing all the fraking research? It should be supplied by the OP. And if you want to teach me a thing or two about FEL's then perhaps you search google and post the information you wish to provide. That's called furthering the discussion.
But hey i'll play you and SplitInfinities game, and I searched google and found out that FEL's wavelengths range from Microwaves to terahertz and can be used for x-rays, medical scanning, anti-missile defence, ETC.
The military capability is missile defence for Navy war ships.
They will have planes with lasers too.
Congratulations, you have a laser! It cant win or stop WW3.
It can take down missiles if they can be targetted. It could take down satellites probably too. So can anti-satellite missiles and anti-missile missiles. Changes nothing but the speed at which they are taken down.