I’m not sure how many shortcuts you can make with such sophisticated tech like lasers. Afaik all those “small” mobile ground models are around 30-50 KW and I’d assume you cannot go too much further below that without drastically affecting the actual effectiveness against a target. At some point they just become too weak to actually destroy anything within a feasible time, if at all.
I’m not sure how many shortcuts you can make with such sophisticated tech like lasers. Afaik all those “small” mobile ground models are around 30-50 KW and I’d assume you cannot go too much further below that without drastically affecting the actual effectiveness against a target. At some point they just become too weak to actually destroy anything within a feasible time, if at all.
It could be as simple as a longer cool down time between shots.
Made up numbers but let’s say a US prototype could hit 5 targets a minute due to heating problems, maybe the Ukraine one is 1 per minute.
That’s still 1 less expensive missle used per shot.