boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoKiller drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the futurewww.economist.comexternal-linkmessage-square160fedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down125
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minus-squareskillissuer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agosomebody already put lasers on F35 and israelis are using ground-based lasers as a complement to iron dome
minus-squareShadowRam@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 months agoYeah, have you seen the size of those? Those are chem lasers in order to get the wattage needed to destroy something. Plus you need the electronics/mechanics to track the device perfectly to keep the laser on target in order for it to do damage. All completely unnecessary to drop a small drone out of the sky.
minus-squareskillissuer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agothere are also fiber lasers with enough power for small, slow targets like drone and size small enough to fit in a modern western fighter jet pod. targeting is done via radar roughly and then the same optics , or similar optics that laser uses later
somebody already put lasers on F35 and israelis are using ground-based lasers as a complement to iron dome
Yeah, have you seen the size of those? Those are chem lasers in order to get the wattage needed to destroy something.
Plus you need the electronics/mechanics to track the device perfectly to keep the laser on target in order for it to do damage.
All completely unnecessary to drop a small drone out of the sky.
there are also fiber lasers with enough power for small, slow targets like drone and size small enough to fit in a modern western fighter jet pod. targeting is done via radar roughly and then the same optics , or similar optics that laser uses later