Aren't they cooled enough by the -60ºC winds at an altitude of 30K ft?
I suppose all heating parts can't just be exposed to -60°C winds...
If what they want from those lasers isn't just to blind a target, biological or otherwise... But to destroy it with heat, like melting missiles instantly in a fraction of a second essentially, for interception typically... I let you imagine the power that is required... It's the super DIY aliexpress laser...
It's the super DIY aliexpress laser...
lol
Really, for "brute force interception" as pictured in the vid above... When you think about it, it would require an almost out of this world source of power. I mean just imagine destroying a missile let a alone a bunch, almost instantly, with a laser... Missiles which are by definition designed to sustain a quite important heating effect... You need a fucken powerplant attached to your laser, and that's without considering the heating effect
Not sure it's doable, maybe it is, idk
So really I wonder what they have in mind with that tech, blinding effect aside. Might as well put a giant looking glass into orbit, it sounds borderline more reasonable/doable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyUh_xSjvXQ 6years ago
According to what they say in that vid, it can destroy an engine. If true that's quite impressive.
In regard the the aliexpress comment, I remember seeing a laser enthusiast on youtube testing out a tattoo remover from ebay or wish.com which had insanely high output.. on par with commercial or industrial use. I believe this device emitted pulses of infrared light.
Infrared death gun.. https://youtu.be/aa_tCzIMJjE?t=416
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