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2009-03-16 Science

Diamonds: A fighter pilot's best friend?

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Posted by tu3031 2009-03-16 12:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 You've got one outstanding out-of-the-box- engineer behind this idea.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2009-03-16 13:45|| 2009-03-16 13:45|| Front Page Top

#2 And his sharper cousin Vinny likely.

Posted by Shipman 2009-03-16 14:32|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2009-03-16 14:32|| Front Page Top

#3 The article is incompetent. The CVD diamond windows serve
as the exit port for the HPM system. They don't protect other systems on the originating aircraft.

Nor does HPM switch off rocket motors or repeal Newton's laws. They are pretty good at inactivating guidance and proximity fuses, though.

Posted by KBK 2009-03-16 15:05|| 2009-03-16 15:05|| Front Page Top

#4 CVD + Electron Laser = Large Diamonds.

Posted by Bright Pebbles the flatulent 2009-03-16 16:45|| 2009-03-16 16:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Fighter planes with death rays...I like it.

Posted by Mike 2009-03-16 17:45|| 2009-03-16 17:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Thought the preferred solution was to use the AESA radar. That doesn't require a diamond window. It seems to me the diffraction angle of a 2.5 inch microwave beam is so severe as to be useless as a weapon.

Posted by ed 2009-03-16 18:46|| 2009-03-16 18:46|| Front Page Top

#7 how about no window at all?

put a 180 camera system in the nose. lots cheaper, plus we have computers smart enough to color code in real time for hostile/friendly.

Posted by flash91 2009-03-16 20:25|| 2009-03-16 20:25|| Front Page Top

#8 msnbc. Their idea of a modern aircraft is a photo of an F-5.

Posted by tipover 2009-03-16 21:57|| 2009-03-16 21:57|| Front Page Top

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