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Precision is solved, but many of the solutions can be jammed. What can't be jammed (easily) is laser guidance. The B-21 can fly over a target and a crewmember
by snakeyjake 3y ago
Precision is solved, but many of the solutions can be jammed.
What can't be jammed (easily) is laser guidance. The B-21 can fly over a target and a crewmember can point a laser at a target and the bomb will ride the beam down.
Remote laser guidance is difficult due to latency.
The B-21 was designed to operate both manned and unmanned.
- doctorhandshake 3y agoIs it possible to provide laser guidance from satellite?
- snakeyjake 3y agoIt may be possible from low earth orbit but time overhead is, at maximum, 20 minutes. Add in obstructions like terrain and non-ideal look angles and you may be only able to paint a target for several minutes if at all. This would require extraordinary precision and coordination to achieve. I am comfortable saying that it is realistically impossible from higher orbits.