Re: WotD Laser Targeting

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On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

> Derk Groeneveld wrote:
> 
> >>Today's laser warners, ie the ones included in the ECM suites of
many
> >>of today's modern MBTs, are pretty good at detecting both that
you're
> >>being lazed and the general direction the beam comes from. Accurate
> >>enough to lay a smoke screen to cut the beam before the missile
> arrives
> >>unless the missile is almost at the target when the beam is switched
> >>on; maybe also accurate enough to send a couple of HE grenades
> >>towards the beam source.
> >> 
> >>I very much doubt that future laser warners are going to be less
> >>efficient.
> > 
> >So, you'll have a rough direction you're being lazed from.
> 
> I know that some of today's laser warning systems can determine the
> direction they're being lazed from to "within a couple of degrees".
> What I don't know for certain (or aren't allowed to say, which gives
> pretty much the same effect) is:

Mmm. And I just thought of a few ways these could be made that I hadn;t
thought of before. Pretty advanced stuff, wasn't aware this was around
yet.

Cheers,

  Derk

> Knowing the direction to the source to within a few degrees makes it
> very easy indeed to spot... and that is with *today's* technology.

Indeed!

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