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Let's apply some old school tech. Forget about insurance and canopies, think Atari Missile Defense. A swarm of small pulse lasers surrounding lots, along poles
by caseysoftware 7y ago
Let's apply some old school tech. Forget about insurance and canopies, think Atari Missile Defense.
A swarm of small pulse lasers surrounding lots, along poles on the inside, and generally build a defense network that takes out hail on the way down. Design it after Israel's Iron Dome. Sure, the targets are smaller, in a adversarial environment, and don't have heat signatures but it would be amazing. :)
- sneilan1 7y agoI agree. This will be expensive at first so we roll it out to luxury brands.
- cardiffspaceman 7y agoThis setup could be blown away by the wind that accompanies the hail storm.
- benjohnson 7y agoGut reaction: Because Ice/Snow needs an incredible amount of energy to go from solid to liquid, the lasers would have to be melt-flesh-in-an-instant powerful. Not so good for the eyes of airplane pilots.