The advances are coming fast.

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The advances are coming fast.

Lee — 3/25/2007 2:41:00 AM (archived)

I've read from various sources that chemical lasers like ABL and THEL/MTHEL are on the verge of being outclassed by solid state lasers. The closet size lasers you refer to are probably solid state. In some ways, past visions of the future weren't so far off the mark.

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Naval warfare bulletin - ER - 3/23/2007 5:54:52 PM
- There are at least two major weak spots in the missile design. - TB - 3/24/2007 3:29:59 AM
  - 3rd weakness - SDF - 3/24/2007 6:28:59 PM
    - What about reactive armor? - Lee - 3/24/2007 6:39:11 PM
      - Maybe - SDF - 3/24/2007 6:57:15 PM
        
        No... - ARRELL - 3/24/2007 8:09:49 PM
        
        It all depends on how much momentum change is required to detonate the missile. - SDF - 3/24/2007 9:04:26 PM
        
        You missed my point by a mile. (n/t) - R.L. - 3/24/2007 9:12:36 PM
        
        Yeah. I guess I did. Still can't figure it out either. What IS your point? (n/t) - SDF - 3/24/2007 9:48:28 PM
        
        My point, and why Lasers may not be such a bad option - ARRELL - 3/24/2007 10:28:21 PM
        
        re: Lasers - TB - 3/24/2007 11:33:07 PM
        
        Oh, it would not be anything like the ABL system.... - R.L. - 3/25/2007 12:20:58 AM
        
        re: ABL system.... - TB - 3/25/2007 1:43:13 AM
        
        Take a good look at some pictures of CVN-76 Ronald Reagan - Lee - 3/25/2007 2:44:04 AM
        
        Ah, I did not say that - R.L. - 3/25/2007 10:06:50 AM
        
        I know - Lee - 3/25/2007 6:16:46 PM
        
        Look for domes at altitude - R.L. - 3/25/2007 6:45:28 PM
        
        The THEL is very nearly operational. - Lee - 3/25/2007 12:53:40 AM
        
        It may not be thel, but I saw demos... - R.L. - 3/25/2007 1:11:41 AM
        
        The advances are coming fast. - Lee - 3/25/2007 2:41:00 AM
        
        re: The advances are coming fast. - R.L. - 3/25/2007 10:19:41 AM
        
        Without going into anything you're working on that may be classified... - TB - 3/25/2007 4:54:12 PM
        
        BTW - R.L. - 3/25/2007 6:36:42 PM
        
        Excellent questions - R.L. - 3/25/2007 6:24:16 PM
        
        Ah an example... - R.L. - 3/25/2007 12:30:33 AM
        
        So they are thinking of this application already - R.L. - 3/25/2007 12:32:17 AM
        
        By the way, the CHINESE are also doing the same tech now... (n/t) - R.L. - 3/25/2007 12:34:41 AM
        
        Ultrasonic or microwave emitters might work. - Lee - 3/24/2007 7:08:57 PM
        
        Sure. - SDF - 3/24/2007 7:22:04 PM
  - re: There are at least two major weak spots in the missile design. - ER - 3/24/2007 12:29:14 PM
  - Kind of hard to get anything past a phalanx. - Lee - 3/24/2007 4:39:42 AM
    - Not really - ER - 3/24/2007 11:59:12 AM
      - ER's right. By the time the Sizzler is in Phalanx range, it's probably too late. - TB - 3/24/2007 4:44:26 PM
        
        Aside from lasers - Yeti - 3/24/2007 6:43:15 PM
        
        Good idea. - TB - 3/24/2007 11:34:42 PM
        
        I guess to be consistent with the nascent terminology for a large network of small widgets, it would be called: 'Brilliant Flak' - Yeti - 3/25/2007 4:26:39 AM
        
        Incidentally... - TB - 3/25/2007 5:01:33 PM
        
        Actually, "Brilliant Flak" is pretty much what this board generates. ;) (n/t) - TB - 3/25/2007 4:55:16 PM
        
        re: Aside from lasers - ER - 3/24/2007 7:32:10 PM
        
        re: Aside from lasers - Yeti - 3/24/2007 10:43:01 PM
        
        re: Aside from lasers - ER - 3/25/2007 1:36:32 AM
        
        Boost phase - TB - 3/24/2007 11:37:00 PM
        
        X-35 - Yeti - 3/25/2007 4:40:48 AM
        
        Don't forget electromagnetic weapons. - TB - 3/25/2007 4:58:54 PM
        
        re: Don't forget electromagnetic weapons. - Yeti - 3/26/2007 12:13:08 AM
        
        That's it! - Lee - 3/24/2007 6:56:01 PM
        
        Does make me wonder... - Lee - 3/24/2007 6:30:21 PM
- re: Naval warfare bulletin - Bowser - 3/23/2007 8:11:29 PM
  - re: Naval warfare bulletin - ER - 3/23/2007 10:53:27 PM
    - Aircraft carriers as targets. "Sizzler" as a missile. - Bowser - 3/24/2007 12:29:34 AM
      - re: Aircraft carriers as targets. "Sizzler" as a missile. - ER - 3/24/2007 1:30:55 AM
- We need a World Peace Accord - Stop the Madness - 3/23/2007 6:18:22 PM
  - No more "wars of aggression" but giving China the green light. - Lee - 3/24/2007 12:04:22 AM
    - Monkey SEE - Monkey DO - 3/24/2007 3:56:37 AM

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