Re: New TBMD Laser

Bruce S. R. Lee <bsrlee@wr.com.au> wrote:
>Los wrote:
>>According to the article, one three-second burst destroys a missile.
>>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 just as easy if not easier,
>>assuming it could track it through manuevers.
>
>Of course, if the pilot is not wearing his laser-proof Ray-ban's, he
may be
>in a whole S***-load of grief. As some navies have found, even signal
>lasers are quite nasty. There was an article on this in Red Thrust Star
>last year, I don't think it's still on line. Very, very nasty.
    I've been reading a recent issue of Aviation ... Weekly, their EW
issue.
One article describes a missile defence system with a laser radar. Once
it
detects a missile moving toward the aircraft, it scans the nose of the
missile so that it can select the appropriate countermeasure depending
on
the frequency the missile is homing on. All within seconds!

Andrew Martin
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