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Skip
11-06-2002, 05:59 PM
Just heard this today, it evidently happened yesterday (Tues, 5 Nov):

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20021105_531.html

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/11/06/arms.laser.reut/

So... any chance of this making The List? :D
AlphaSierra
11-06-2002, 07:00 PM
Yeah put it on the list! :)

I also want to see:
-Jedi Master Yoda with lightsabre
-The bismarck to patrol the rivers.
-B52's for airstrikes.
-The Deathstar patrolling around earth ;)
Skip
11-06-2002, 08:49 PM
-The Deathstar patrolling around earth
LOL! Love the idea of the Bismark, but I'm going to have to have some way to apply superelevation to the main gun if the DeathStar makes it in! ;)
Ssnake
11-06-2002, 10:15 PM
-The Deathstar patrolling around earth but I'm going to have to have some way to apply superelevation to the main gun if the DeathStar makes it in! ;) That's not really the issue, climb a 60% slope (any mountain will do). BUT we need a much more powerful gun to reach not just 1.7 but 11.2 kilometer per second muzzle velocity (ignoring air drag). Hopefully the gravity of the Death Star itself is strong enough to pull over the grenades should they actually reach the Lagrange points... :P
rump
11-06-2002, 10:35 PM
Pretty impressive, but will this work against a barrage of artillery shells? (How much shells are there in an average barrage anyway?)

Rump
chrisotto
11-07-2002, 01:48 AM
Pretty impressive, but will this work against a barrage of artillery shells? (How much shells are there in an average barrage anyway?)

Rump



1 battery 6 guns, firing an avg. 1 shell a minute over a sustained period, or 4 shells in a minute.

Should not be to much to handle.

A PzHb 2000, however would make such a toy quite a lowsy piece of hardware.
0802
11-07-2002, 09:50 AM
Other than a few standard missions, like a SEAD call for fire, three are no standard size barrages. The controlling FDO determined number of volleys/rounds necessary to achieved results specified in commanders attack guidance
Skip
11-07-2002, 03:43 PM
Pretty impressive, but will this work against a barrage of artillery shells?...
Doesn't look like they've tried that yet. The article does say it's been tested successfully against artillery rockets fired both singly and in salvos. Doesn't say how many at a time though. Considering it's computer controlled and (literally) line of sight at the speed of light it ought to be fast enough to take on quite a large number once it's fully developed.
9erRed
11-07-2002, 10:23 PM
The only problem I can see with the lazar against arty. rounds is it has to engage the round long enough to change the flight dianamics or explode the warhead. There's still the projectile and impact to deal with, as it will still fall somewhere and still at hipervelocity. If the wpn(lazer) is to engage at line of sight it must be positioned at a relitively high point to gain the max. distance of acuatision and engagement. Not good when your wpn fire produces a very bright beam, even in the low red band it's still going to be visiable (ground dust, smoke, even moisture)
This would be good for enemy counter-arty fire, even ground based return fire, not good if the lazer platform is not highly mobile. Although the idea and wpn is still an excellent system, lets see them mount this on a Leopard chassie and then we've got a TANK. Imagine a 32mile direct fire engagement. One burst....one T-90 that don't work no more. One burst .... one scud launcher that's just a big paperweight.
And at a range of about 35miles there's still no effect of gravity on the beam. Gotta love that.
plse excuse spelling.
Pakenko
11-08-2002, 08:54 PM
Sounds really like Star Wars.