Re:Who does this protect? and civil flights are sa
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Hello?? Did you read anything about this?
I know I am only a AREO student... but take a look at this QUOTE:
"The laser doesn't have to melt through an enemy missile's metal skin to kill it. The beam only has to weaken the missile's exterior, the Air Force believes; the projectile's speed and pressure exerted on it should finish the job...."
"What we're out to accomplish is... weakening the metal," said Capt. Eric Moomey of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. "We intend to cause a rupture from within the rocket."
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/01/12/airborne.laser/
RUPTURE... hmm... from a fuel tank???
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Who does this protect? and civil flights are safe!
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If you look carefully at the details of the plan you will find that the laser must be used during the accent stage, as the laser only has enough power to weaken the metal, not completely melt/vaporize it. (the weakened metal would then not be able to contain the pressurized fuel, and would explode) This would mean that the 747 would have to be within the 400 mile range of the **launch** of the target. So unless Iraq and all the other nasty little countries want to let us fly this bird over there country all the time...
The only use would be in a theater (area) defense of troops, or the protection of certain middle east countries that would pay to have one of these in the air constantly (with the assumption that most of the people who want them dead is within 400 miles, or (travel distance during rocket accent + 400 miles).
NET RESULT:
Good first start, however unless nuked from Cuba, the USA has no need for flying these in our own airspace.
Civil air transport is free from worry unless we are engaged in a war, and the civil 747's fly within 400 miles of the war's air space.{Which I think would be dumb even if there was no laser 747's} The only exception was if someone was trying to launch an attack in the middle east and some country keep some laser 747 in the air at all times... the attackers could just remove *ALL* the 747's. [did the state dept say that travel in the middle east was dangerous];-)
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Hello?? Did you read anything about this? ... weakening the metal," said Capt. Eric Moomey of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. "We intend to cause a rupture from within the rocket."
I know I am only a AREO student... but take a look at this QUOTE:
"The laser doesn't have to melt through an enemy missile's metal skin to kill it. The beam only has to weaken the missile's exterior, the Air Force believes; the projectile's speed and pressure exerted on it should finish the job...."
"What we're out to accomplish is
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/01/12/airborne.laser/
RUPTURE... hmm... from a fuel tank??? --
If you look carefully at the details of the plan you will find that the laser must be used during the accent stage, as the laser only has enough power to weaken the metal, not completely melt/vaporize it. (the weakened metal would then not be able to contain the pressurized fuel, and would explode) This would mean that the 747 would have to be within the 400 mile range of the **launch** of the target. So unless Iraq and all the other nasty little countries want to let us fly this bird over there country all the time... The only use would be in a theater (area) defense of troops, or the protection of certain middle east countries that would pay to have one of these in the air constantly (with the assumption that most of the people who want them dead is within 400 miles, or (travel distance during rocket accent + 400 miles). NET RESULT: Good first start, however unless nuked from Cuba, the USA has no need for flying these in our own airspace. Civil air transport is free from worry unless we are engaged in a war, and the civil 747's fly within 400 miles of the war's air space. {Which I think would be dumb even if there was no laser 747's} The only exception was if someone was trying to launch an attack in the middle east and some country keep some laser 747 in the air at all times... the attackers could just remove *ALL* the 747's. [did the state dept say that travel in the middle east was dangerous] ;-)
mikSkPeAlMse@purdue.edu remove SPAM for mail.
If the BSA can only find companies from internal snitches...
Then are 1 person or 2 person business, or for that matter family business at risk? Could they [BSA] ever find out.