@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 11 months agoWhy doesn't the military do this? are they stupid?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1357
arrow-up1357imageWhy doesn't the military do this? are they stupid?lemmy.world@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 11 months agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squarebufalo1973linkfedilinkEnglish30•11 months agoIf you fire a laser against a mirror, it bounces but raises the heat of the mirror so you end up melting the mirror and destroying the drone.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•11 months agoBut the drone stays in the air by making wind, which would cool down the mirror?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-211 months agoUnironically yes. If that’s not enough, add water.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoA laser attack during a hurricane would really surprise the target.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoDo not point laser at remaining eyewall.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish25•11 months agoI may risk being too credible here, but a $80 drone is a lot more expendable than a $40m laser tank. The drone can be considered a consumable. Hell, mark the drones down as ammo.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agonot if you have total internal reflection
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•11 months agoIn all seriousness, wavelength-specific dielectric mirrors can approach six nines of reflectivity. The hard part is hitting the mirror instead of the drone.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoJust make the mirror as wide as the drone! Oh, wait…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoYeah I guess you can’t pulse-ablate a mirror made of plastic. Though it invites a backup strategy of spraying your enemies with molten drone.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•11 months agoDepending on how long you do it, how powerful the laser, and how quickly it can cool off at the same time. And like the other guy said, you can make really good mirrors if you only care about one wavelength.
If you fire a laser against a mirror, it bounces but raises the heat of the mirror so you end up melting the mirror and destroying the drone.
But the drone stays in the air by making wind, which would cool down the mirror?
Unironically yes. If that’s not enough, add water.
A laser attack during a hurricane would really surprise the target.
Do not point laser at remaining eyewall.
I may risk being too credible here, but a $80 drone is a lot more expendable than a $40m laser tank. The drone can be considered a consumable. Hell, mark the drones down as ammo.
not if you have total internal reflection
In all seriousness, wavelength-specific dielectric mirrors can approach six nines of reflectivity.
The hard part is hitting the mirror instead of the drone.
Just make the mirror as wide as the drone! Oh, wait…
And keeping the mirror surface clean
Yeah I guess you can’t pulse-ablate a mirror made of plastic.
Though it invites a backup strategy of spraying your enemies with molten drone.
Depending on how long you do it, how powerful the laser, and how quickly it can cool off at the same time.
And like the other guy said, you can make really good mirrors if you only care about one wavelength.