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Why not?
by mcphage 6y ago
Why not?
- ThrowawayR2 6y agoHere's a video of a 500 W laser cutting a set of mirrors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-VlVmBZGI4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-VlVmBZGI4
- mcphage 6y agoFrom a few inches away from the focusing lens, yeah.
- ThrowawayR2 6y agoIf the ship-mounted laser is powerful enough to take down a drone, it's already delivering way, way more power at a distance than the cutter shown in the video does at a few inches.
- econcon 6y agoMostly because mirrors aren't perfect. Let's say if a mirror can reflect 99% of the light that hits it, and we shot it with 1kw laser. That means 100w is still heating the mirror and it might melt or shatter it.
- mcphage 6y agoStill, that would require a laser blast 100x as powerful to take down the drone. Also: what would that do to the effective range of the weapon? Plus, depending on how much control the attacking drone has, that's also 99% of the beam being deflected back at the ship with the laser.
- rad_gruchalski 6y agoNo. It’s 10W. Not 100W.
- econcon 6y agoOfc, it's just an example. I realized later I made mistake, till then edit window was gone.