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OT poll on weapons capability of US (Star Wars related)
Posted on 6/8/16 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 6/8/16 at 10:49 pm
How many people on here believe that our military now has the capability to use high capacity lasers from satellites in low orbit in outer space to vaporize or hit moving targets here on earth.
This concept was originally part of Reagan's Star War's missile defense shield from the 1980's almost 40 years ago.
This concept was originally part of Reagan's Star War's missile defense shield from the 1980's almost 40 years ago.
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Posted on 6/8/16 at 10:51 pm to TutHillTiger
Not I.
The power required to do that is too substantial.
The power required to do that is too substantial.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 10:51 pm to TutHillTiger
I don't have a good feeling on whether we do or we don't, but it wouldn't shock me.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 10:53 pm to TutHillTiger
I believe something like Star Wars is in use
Posted on 6/8/16 at 10:59 pm to upgrayedd
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The power required to do that is too substantial.
Val Kilmer and Gabriel Jarrett figured that out back in 1985
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:03 pm to jmarto1
I know for a fact that the Air Force has a laser operated from an aircraft to "punch holes" in a stationary object. It tracks the object as the aircraft moves. It's all been declassified. Makes me wonder what's past that and we don't know about.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:03 pm to pngtiger
Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in some sort of sun-god robe on a pyramid, with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?
This post was edited on 6/8/16 at 11:04 pm
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:08 pm to upgrayedd
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The power required to do that is too substantial.
Yep, my initial thought as well.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:15 pm to TutHillTiger
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:16 pm to TutHillTiger
Well we currently have a laser on the USS Ponce. So there's that
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:19 pm to TutHillTiger
Don't need it since we have the rail gun.
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:22 pm to geauxnavybeatbama
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Well we currently have a laser on the USS Ponce. So there's that
And it's on a boat with a huge power plant so there's that too
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:43 pm to TutHillTiger
They were only this far off in the 80's so surely they have it figured out by now: LINK
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:49 pm to upgrayedd
Is the refitted LPD now nuclear powered?
And a boat is actually a sub not a ship
And a boat is actually a sub not a ship
This post was edited on 6/8/16 at 11:50 pm
Posted on 6/8/16 at 11:51 pm to TutHillTiger
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This post was edited on 11/16/21 at 8:25 pm
Posted on 6/9/16 at 12:23 am to puse01
The correct answer is Yes, and it was been perfected and fully operational for at least two years now. How many of these are operational right now and whether they have been used in combat yet I have no clue. (They will probably vaporize me tomorrow for even posting this.)
Don't know the technical aspects or how they solved the power issue as that is fully classified.
I do wonder if all these drone strikes, are really drone strikes and not Star Wars laser strikes.
Open Desert in Middle East seems to be perfect testing grounds to me
Don't know the technical aspects or how they solved the power issue as that is fully classified.
I do wonder if all these drone strikes, are really drone strikes and not Star Wars laser strikes.
Open Desert in Middle East seems to be perfect testing grounds to me
Posted on 6/9/16 at 12:32 am to geauxnavybeatbama
Laser Weapon System aboard USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) in November 2014 (05)
Posted on 6/9/16 at 12:32 am to TutHillTiger
There's already a very powerful "laser" in a rogue state's hands-
This post was edited on 6/9/16 at 12:56 am
Posted on 6/9/16 at 12:41 am to TutHillTiger
The energy requirement of putting a laser in orbit can be overcome by using a chemical oxygen iodine laser
LINK
These operate in the megawatt range and can easily bring down a missile. They were originally developed in 1977, and have been tested in airborne operations aboard a Boeing 777 in 2010. Boeing is the industry leader in directed energy weapons, do a search for Boeing and laser and you will have a lot of interesting stuff to ponder, as in have all of N, Korea's missile tests just been exploding due to poor design or some external force?
LINK
These operate in the megawatt range and can easily bring down a missile. They were originally developed in 1977, and have been tested in airborne operations aboard a Boeing 777 in 2010. Boeing is the industry leader in directed energy weapons, do a search for Boeing and laser and you will have a lot of interesting stuff to ponder, as in have all of N, Korea's missile tests just been exploding due to poor design or some external force?
Posted on 6/9/16 at 12:59 am to EA6B
The technology that the military has is inconceivable. We are probably much more advanced than laser beams.
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