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by EternalNight » Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:23 pm
by Salzland » Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:33 pm
by Sucrati » Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:36 pm
George Washington wrote:"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
by Toopoxia » Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:44 pm
Salzland wrote:Keeping in mind, of course, that lasers are only a supplemental anti-missile system, and not intended to replace the protection provided by a full screen including traditional SAMs, Rolling Airframe Missiles and CIWS guns.
by Concordeia » Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:31 pm
Falkasia wrote:Concordeia wrote:Dammit, and I got accused of tech-wanking for using megawatt-scale free electron laser CIWS on my (nuclear powered) vessels to block missile spam! And I'm freakin early PMT! :mad: :(
I gotta say it. First time I read through this, I could have sworn it said something like this:Dammit, and I got accused of tech-wanking for using megawatt-scale free electron laser CIWS on my (nuclear powered) vessels to block spam missiles!
I was like, "Who the hell are you fighting... or more importantly, was your lunch meat laced?"
by Novus Niciae » Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:55 am
by Falkasia » Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:00 am
Concordeia wrote:Dammit, and I got accused of tech-wanking for using megawatt-scale free electron laser CIWS on my (nuclear powered) vessels to block missile spam! And I'm freakin early PMT!![]()
Dammit, and I got accused of tech-wanking for using megawatt-scale free electron laser CIWS on my (nuclear powered) vessels to block spam missiles!
by Concordeia » Thu Jun 24, 2010 7:34 pm
Falkasia wrote:Concordeia wrote:Dammit, and I got accused of tech-wanking for using megawatt-scale free electron laser CIWS on my (nuclear powered) vessels to block missile spam! And I'm freakin early PMT!![]()
I gotta say it. First time I read through this, I could have sworn it said something like this:Dammit, and I got accused of tech-wanking for using megawatt-scale free electron laser CIWS on my (nuclear powered) vessels to block spam missiles!
I was like, "Who the hell are you fighting... or more importantly, was your lunch meat laced?"
Falkasia wrote:Concordeia wrote:Dammit, and I got accused of tech-wanking for using megawatt-scale free electron laser CIWS on my (nuclear powered) vessels to block missile spam! And I'm freakin early PMT! :mad: :(
I gotta say it. First time I read through this, I could have sworn it said something like this:Dammit, and I got accused of tech-wanking for using megawatt-scale free electron laser CIWS on my (nuclear powered) vessels to block spam missiles!
I was like, "Who the hell are you fighting... or more importantly, was your lunch meat laced?"
by The Divine Moon » Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:50 pm
Mossat wrote:Just a question, and I'm not sure if I will get shot down for this...
Would it be possible to construct an anti-missile/anti-air laser weapon similar to the Excalibur laser from Ace Combat Zero?
by Kazturkania » Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:22 pm
by Strykla » Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:25 pm
by Idaho Conservatives » Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:27 pm
by Tarsas » Sat Jun 26, 2010 5:20 pm
by KludgeMUSH » Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:52 pm
by Strykla » Sun Jun 27, 2010 6:56 am
by KludgeMUSH » Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:42 am
by Strykla » Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:30 am
Salzland wrote:Oh, pff, we've already got the technology in real life to do better than the 500 meters or so that a CIWS covers. There's nothing stopping ship-borne laser anti missile systems (albeit ones hooked up to either nuclear reactors, or dedicated generators/electric drives, like the Zumwalt destroyer) (Edit: Or, alternatively, if you want to go with those old-fashioned chemical lasers, you'll need storage tanks for a bunch of very hazardous chemicals) from having thirty or forty kilometers of reach. They'll be (comparatively) bulky systems, they'll be limited to line of sight (meaning that there will be problems intercepting sea-skimming targets and ships in the center of formations won't be able to engage if there are friendly ships in the way), but it's doable. And having the ability to swat targets at a much longer range than a CIWS with a 100% hit probability means a lot when we're talking about the quantity of missiles that traditionally get tossed around in NS.
Keeping in mind, of course, that lasers are only a supplemental anti-missile system, and not intended to replace the protection provided by a full screen including traditional SAMs, Rolling Airframe Missiles and CIWS guns.
by Salzland » Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:42 pm
by Strykla » Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:28 pm
by Salzland » Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:39 pm
by Strykla » Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:50 pm
Salzland wrote:Welcome to Nationstates, where defense budgets are measured by the tens of trillions, people sail trillion dollar warships, and even patrol boats are nuclear powered.
In other words, This is NationStates and solid state lasers, both here and IRL, are here to stay (especially when compared with even more expensive chemical lasers).
by Wikipedia and Universe » Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:13 pm
An ODECON Naval Analyst wrote:Superior tactics and training can in fact triumph over force of numbers and missile spam.
Bottle wrote:This is not rocket surgery, folks.
Senestrum wrote:This is relativity, the theory that takes everything we know about the world, bends it over, and fucks it to death with a spiked dildo.
by Czardas » Tue Jun 29, 2010 7:51 pm
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