Re: New TBMD Laser

According to the article, one three-second burst destroys a missle. So
it's not
a pulse but a sustained beam that lasts a few seconds. You're right,
must be a
hell of a lot of energy. I suppose it could kill an A/C jsut as easy if
not
easier, assuming it could track it through manuevers.

Los

Los

Noah Doyle wrote:

> I wonder how useful this TBMD laser palne would be at shooting down
other
> aircraft.  If the beam footprint is the size of a basketball, unless
they
> can hold it on the target for a *long* time (probably not), that's an
> enormous amount of energy being delivered.  Might be able to finish
off a
> plane right quick.