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2025-06-06 Science & Technology

Iron Beam laser's speed could mute sirens, end most runs to bomb shelters

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-06 07:37|| || Front Page|| [81 views ] Top

#1 Now, about those mosquitoes.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-06 14:12|| 2025-06-06 14:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Wonder if the idiot who wrote this asked about range.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2025-06-06 18:04|| 2025-06-06 18:04|| Front Page Top

#3 ...enemy aerial threat shortly after it launches, invariably while it is still in enemy territory. Ignoring the fact that the Earth is curved so there is a thing called the horizon at 21 or so miles. The air is thicker closer to the ground so "early shots" have to fight against a lensing effect as well. This was all covered in the old debate about the "Star Wars" ABM systems decades ago.

Posted by magpie 2025-06-06 20:51|| 2025-06-06 20:51|| Front Page Top

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