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I was thinking about this the other day when watching a video about Chernobyl. They flew countless helicopters over the exposed reactor core and because this w
by wiredpancake 7mo ago
I was thinking about this the other day when watching a video about Chernobyl.
They flew countless helicopters over the exposed reactor core and because this was 1986, helicopters didn't have a million sensors or electronics in it. It was entirely mechanical. Effectively all in-use aircraft nowadays could not complete such a mission as the electronics would be rendered null almost instantaneously, even with ECC, etc.
Do these high energy lasers fry the electronics, or are they able to simply ignite and burn holes through the aircraft?
- Bender 7mo agoI had to vouch your comment as it and most comments from your account are auto [dead]. The lasers can fry sensors like I mentioned. They can also burn holes in the body of the aircraft and damage engines. I think you may be conflating the modern glass displays with the sensors themselves. In many cases the actual sensors have not changed that much in terms of being vulnerable to directed energy weapons. The energy being emitted from Chernobyl was gamma radiation which at high enough prolonged exposure can cause bit flips. The two TU-16 bombers that seeded rain clouds around Chernobyl were not affected at all by the gamma radiation and I doubt modern aircraft would be affected just flying over it. Some time log out and view your comments [1] as almost all are auto [dead]. A new account could be a fresh start. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=wiredpancake https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=wiredpancake
- appreciatorBus 7mo agoThen again.. maybe dang was on to something… https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47159666 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47159666 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47069736 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47069736 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067723 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067723 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47054551 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47054551
- Bender 7mo agoOh good catch. I did not go back far enough. They should create a new account if they are chill now.
- throwworhtthrow 7mo agoNo. This person should not try to circumvent moderation by creating new accounts. They should ask the moderation team for reinstatement of normal posting privileges, but be willing to accept a refusal. They've behaved appallingly.
- stogot 7mo agoI havnt seen this before Does (dead) mean they got downvoted or that everything they write is voided? How do you know what they wrote is appallingly bad?
- deleted 7mo ago[deleted]
- Jtsummers 7mo agoTurn on "showdead" in your profile and you can see what they wrote. Without it, you just see that it's dead.
- fc417fc802 7mo agoCan be either. We know because receipts were provided upthread.