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What happens when planes fly by? Would they track planes and not fire when they detect them and rely on traditional lightningrods or let it fly anyway?
by mc32 4y ago
What happens when planes fly by? Would they track planes and not fire when they detect them and rely on traditional lightningrods or let it fly anyway?
- bujak300 4y agoThere is a cylinder of restricted airspace that is activated beforehand
- gpm 4y agoFor testing purposes. For theoretical future operational purposes I'd imagine they'd still want to be able to use this when planes are flying. But could likely track planes and adjust the beam slightly to avoid them, or just disable the system for the rare couple of seconds when a plane is in the exact wrong place (in front of the beam).
- mc32 4y agoIt makes sense to do that for a testing site and wait for lightning to happen. How does it work for general purpose? They can’t just say “in three microseconds we’re restricting airspace —get out now! Ooops, too late!”
- v3ss0n 4y agoNew favorite accident for 3letter intelligence companies around the globe