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> If one wants to intercept hypersonic ICBMs they need satellites equipped with powerful lasers to zap'em. Are lasers the way to go? ICBMs appear to weigh seve
by thaumasiotes 2y ago
> If one wants to intercept hypersonic ICBMs they need satellites equipped with powerful lasers to zap'em.
Are lasers the way to go? ICBMs appear to weigh several dozen tons. (e.g. https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104466/lgm-30g-minuteman-iii/ https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1044... )
You have to shine a lot of light on a 40-ton missile before you're going to interfere with the flight path. Would this approach work?
- petre 2y agoDunno, it has to be some energy beam because kinetic ammo needs replenishing. In space. So laser, microwaves, EMP etc. Maybe it could ignite the ICBMs fuel somehow, as most of the missile's payload is the fuel.