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It depends on target. Lasers will work much better against optical sensors (on drones, missiles, etc.).
by sgdread 12y ago
It depends on target. Lasers will work much better against optical sensors (on drones, missiles, etc.).
- aaronem 12y agoThe press release explicitly excludes that use: "Those efforts are separate from military laser designators to guide precision munitions, non-lethal crowd control devices or discontinued instruments intended to blind enemy electro- optical sensors."
- mpyne 12y agoWell, just because the laser wasn't obtained from an acquisition program intended to defeat enemy EO sensors doesn't mean that it won't be useful for that purpose, either by destroying the EO sensor's platform or getting a lucky shot and hitting the sensor itself.