[Carl]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050824/tc_nm/laser_dc_1

[neo_hermes]

yay

[Mefustae]

Hmmmm, American aircraft suddenly all but impervious to incoming missiles...I'm not sure why, but I just don't really feel comfortable with US Aircraft - the most powerful in the world - suddenly becoming nigh-on invincible to standard weaponry...

[aldo_14]

I'm scared of anyone getting a technological edge that removes the balance of fear (of defeat).  Of course, the Us has been picking 'easy' wars of late, so I'm not sure it'd make that much difference it'd make.

[Kosh]

Originally posted by Mefustae
Hmmmm, American aircraft suddenly all but impervious to incoming missiles...I'm not sure why, but I just don't really feel comfortable with US Aircraft - the most powerful in the world - suddenly becoming nigh-on invincible to standard weaponry...

The new designs are pretty close. They have stealth technology so you can't use radar (and IR if it happens to be one of the stealth bombers, not sure about the fighters), and they are painted black so they are almost impossible to spot visually at night. Those add up to something pretty close to invincibility unless someone figures out how to crack stealth tech.

[Fragrag]

Wow, sleek, sounds cool and deadly, I don't care if I get killed by one of those, well, actually, I would, seeing as I die and all. But at least I would die like those many pilots in Freespace. Which is not good at all. Disregard what I say

[kasperl]

You know how they shot down that stealth bomber in yugoslavia? That  bomber was flying the same route 3 times in a row. On the third time, three people with cellphones, and one with a RPG is needed. One person hears the plane pass, class the third. Second person hears the plane pass, calls the third. Third does some rough calculation, then times, and tells the RPG guy to fire straight upwards. Bam.

I doubt this thing is cheap enough to find widespread use. Also, unless they pack at least two, there will be a blind angle.

[aldo_14]

I read the serbs got that stealth by using heavy AAAf to create a corridor of least resistance, and suckered it into a hittable position.  I believe it was an SA-6 or SA-7 SAM that hit it.

[DeepSpace9er]

Those add up to something pretty close to invincibility unless someone figures out how to crack stealth tech.

I think the Russians were developing this radar that pulses in all directions so rapidly that it is able to detect stealth signatures, and identify them. Thats what i heard, i havent looked it up.

[Mefustae]

I'm not exactly intamately informed upon the Russian's current status Militarily and Economically; but I know for damn sure that they wouldn't be developing something like that right now...let alone make it known on the internet ...

[DaBrain]

Invincible?

Don't make me laugh. Just add some mirrors to the missile's armor and the laser has no chance anymore.

Laser = light

Light = can be reflected be a mirror

Simple logics.

Maybe the missle could even reflect the laser back to the fighter..



(Joking)

[vyper]

Originally posted by DeepSpace9er


I think the Russians were developing this radar that pulses in all directions so rapidly that it is able to detect stealth signatures, and identify them. Thats what i heard, i havent looked it up.

I don't have the link, but Glasgow uni  cracked stealth radar quite some time ago.

[deep_eyes]

Originally posted by vyper


I don't have the link, but Glasgow uni  cracked stealth radar quite some time ago.

linkage.

[EtherShock]

Umm...yay. Our tax dollars at work. Some of this new tech is damn scary. I'd rather have a free education.

[General Freak]

America doesn't have free education? o.O

EDIT: Hmm...you probably meant college and university.
Boo for not being able to delete your own posts. >O

[Bobboau]

Originally posted by DaBrain
Invincible?

Don't make me laugh. Just add some mirrors to the missile's armor and the laser has no chance anymore.

Laser = light

Light = can be reflected be a mirror

Simple logics.

Maybe the missle could even reflect the laser back to the fighter..



(Joking)

/*gives laser the ability to fire at any range within a very wide spectrum, includeing those redaly absobed by mirrors.*/

[RangerKarl]

This reminds me of that Airforce General from Zero Hour

[Stealth]

Originally posted by kasperl
You know how they shot down that stealth bomber in yugoslavia? That  bomber was flying the same route 3 times in a row. On the third time, three people with cellphones, and one with a RPG is needed. One person hears the plane pass, class the third. Second person hears the plane pass, calls the third. Third does some rough calculation, then times, and tells the RPG guy to fire straight upwards. Bam.

i'm sure it's SLIGHTLY more complicated than that.  a second timing off, plus one variable not laid down correctly, and it wouldn't work

[Carl]

Originally posted by DaBrain
Invincible?

Don't make me laugh. Just add some mirrors to the missile's armor and the laser has no chance anymore.

Laser = light

Light = can be reflected be a mirror

Simple logics.

Maybe the missle could even reflect the laser back to the fighter..

the laser would melt the mirror.

[Ashrak]

Originally posted by RangerKarl
This reminds me of that Airforce General from Zero Hour

king raptors for the win