@BraveLittleToaster to [email protected]English • 3 months agoWhy doesn't the military do this? are they stupid?imagemessage-square61arrow-up1353arrow-down18
arrow-up1345arrow-down1imageWhy doesn't the military do this? are they stupid?@BraveLittleToaster to [email protected]English • 3 months agomessage-square61
minus-squarebufalo1973linkfedilinkEnglish27•3 months agoIf you fire a laser against a mirror, it bounces but raises the heat of the mirror so you end up melting the mirror and destroying the drone.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish24•3 months agoI may risk being too credible here, but a $80 drone is a lot more expendable than a $40m laser tank. The drone can be considered a consumable. Hell, mark the drones down as ammo.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months agoDepending on how long you do it, how powerful the laser, and how quickly it can cool off at the same time. And like the other guy said, you can make really good mirrors if you only care about one wavelength.
minus-square@BigMikeInAustinlinkEnglish8•3 months agoBut the drone stays in the air by making wind, which would cool down the mirror?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-23 months agoUnironically yes. If that’s not enough, add water.
minus-square@BigMikeInAustinlinkEnglish3•3 months agoA laser attack during a hurricane would really surprise the target.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agonot if you have total internal reflection
If you fire a laser against a mirror, it bounces but raises the heat of the mirror so you end up melting the mirror and destroying the drone.
I may risk being too credible here, but a $80 drone is a lot more expendable than a $40m laser tank. The drone can be considered a consumable. Hell, mark the drones down as ammo.
Depending on how long you do it, how powerful the laser, and how quickly it can cool off at the same time.
And like the other guy said, you can make really good mirrors if you only care about one wavelength.
But the drone stays in the air by making wind, which would cool down the mirror?
Unironically yes. If that’s not enough, add water.
A laser attack during a hurricane would really surprise the target.
not if you have total internal reflection