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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: IPAndrews on September 13, 2006, 07:19:49 am

Title: Laser weapons in Iraq
Post by: IPAndrews on September 13, 2006, 07:19:49 am
Courtesy of Tomcat.

http://www.jonhs.net/911/iraq/iraq_laser_weapons.htm
Title: Re: Laser weapons in Iraq
Post by: Mefustae on September 13, 2006, 07:40:24 am
Not loading for me.
Title: Re: Laser weapons in Iraq
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 13, 2006, 07:49:35 am
Works for me but i see no lasers  :confused:
Title: Re: Laser weapons in Iraq
Post by: IPAndrews on September 13, 2006, 08:10:01 am
Patience young Jedi. They do a bit on laser based anti-missile batteries later on in the documentary.
Title: Re: Laser weapons in Iraq
Post by: Mefustae on September 13, 2006, 08:28:39 am
Screw lasers; TROPHY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TROPHY_Active_Protection_System) ftw.
Title: Re: Laser weapons in Iraq
Post by: Sandwich on September 13, 2006, 03:50:01 pm
Kewlness. :yes:
Title: Re: Laser weapons in Iraq
Post by: Flipside on September 13, 2006, 03:54:54 pm
That 'crowd control' thing at the end looks bloody ominous though, and I was seeing a lot of interviews 'jump' as though serious editing had taken place, that always makes me wonder what the whole conversation was, and whether it hasn't been edited for 'impact'.
Title: Re: Laser weapons in Iraq
Post by: Janos on September 13, 2006, 03:57:08 pm
Screw lasers; TROPHY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TROPHY_Active_Protection_System) ftw.

APSes are way to go, at least if the enemy has access to heavy-duty AT equipment. You can only increase standard armour that much without effecting mobility, you can only slap on so many sheets of ERA until it becomes redundant. Russians started testing the ARENA system long ago and IIRC French have something similar.

As with ERA, this application's use in urban terrain and in close proximity of friendlies is limited, due to potential danger to friendlies and noncombatants.

God I sometimes sound like an army asshole.
Title: Re: Laser weapons in Iraq
Post by: Sandwich on September 14, 2006, 04:33:34 am
...and I was seeing a lot of interviews 'jump' as though serious editing had taken place, that always makes me wonder what the whole conversation was, and whether it hasn't been edited for 'impact'.

I noticed that same thing.