Re: Further thoughts on hitting with lasers

>I would imagine futuristic combat vessels would require either 
>1. outrageous ECM suites to fool the enemy targetting
1a. Bloody efficient stealth coating. Think submarines rather than jet
fighters. He who emits is dead :)

>2. high maneouvre caps (crew inside liquid or foam suspension 
>capsules to cushion against G shock or some such. I saw one book 
>where they suggested replacing blood with a synthetic that took G 
>compression better and modifying space crew bone structure etc). I 
>would think this would be on the order of 5-10 Gs if not more.  
As I remember it a properly trained fighter pilot in a pressure suit can
take short bursts well over 5G - I think the standard figure is 8 for
very
short maneuvers. A theory I always had was it would be possible to fit
future air/space pilot with some  sort of cybernetic/nanotech 'blood
pressure relgualtor' which would stop the effects of blood pooling
(blackouts and redouts). Then you have only to worry about broken bones
etc, which is a very high G sustainability.
 
			TTFN
				Jon
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