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It’s been said for every evolution in military hardware, but could this actually make war impossible (if both sides have them)? What could you do short of nucl
by idontwantthis 4y ago
It’s been said for every evolution in military hardware, but could this actually make war impossible (if both sides have them)?
What could you do short of nuclear strikes to get past a wall of lasers taking out all of your missiles and vehicles?
And it’s so cheap to fire them, how could you come up with something that could beat it before you ran out of money?
And how long before we do have MW lasers powerful enough to take out a nuclear RV? Maybe then tungsten rods from orbit finally make sense?
But you could probably just destroy the satellite from the ground at that point.
- agapon 4y ago> What could you do short of nuclear strikes to get past a wall of lasers taking out all of your missiles and vehicles? Lasers.
- pclmulqdq 4y ago> What could you do short of nuclear strikes to get past a wall of lasers taking out all of your missiles and vehicles? Lots of men on foot and lots of dumb bullets. The laser shots are cheap, but the laser trucks are expensive.
- jacquesm 4y agoRock, paper, scissors. Interesting how that seems to work out.
- RobotToaster 4y ago>What could you do short of nuclear strikes to get past a wall of lasers taking out all of your missiles and vehicles? Mirrors?
- api 4y agoA material would have to be absolutely perfectly reflective to survive some of these lasers.
- ethbr0 4y agoWhat the US and leading tier military countries are investing in: penetrating stealth system of systems. Lasers require targeting. Absent or confusing that, precision weapons start to quickly degrade air defenses.
- nradov 4y agoLow-observable smart munitions which can sneak past the sensors at low altitude and thus never get targeted by directed-energy weapons.