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"Vanishing American Air Superiority"
On Mar 10, 7:27*pm, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote:
On Mar 10, 4:03 pm, Jim Wilkins wrote: On Mar 10, 1:56 pm, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote: ... How would lasers mounted on the AWAC affect the dynamic?... Ken- Ever been on an AWACS? They are quite full of people watching terminals, not much room for megawatt laser power supplies. jsw Here's a recent report about mobile LASER capability,http://www.msnbc.msn..com/id/4926840 where we'll be in 5-10 years together with better electronics is hard to say. It's reminds of a B-17 type turreted gunship using LASER pulses in place of bullets, it's (reportedly) been demo'd. Ken Biggest problem is powering the LASER. Only one that is anywhere close to working is absolutely huge out at WSMR. I doubt the Airborne LASER will ever get operational, it'll be just another USAF project for SDI that dies for cost, not working out of the lab or some other reason. Add in getting close enough to the target to do the job (assuming that somebody that wants to launch a missile is going to let you do that is iffy at best), in all weather 24/7 and being right the first time, well, way too many ifs for the money. Lots of good uses for LASERs, weapons are a long way off. No matter what the PR puff pieces say. And they are a dime a dozen, have been for going on decades. |
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