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Iv been hearing a lot about the laser systems on planes to shoot down missiles. I think it's great.

Why so?

Originally posted by Inspectah Deck
Why so?

Why do I like the idea of planes having lasers on them to help shoot down incoming missiles? Arent the reasons obvious?

Yes

No

the active denial systems were supposed to be getting deployed in iraq...anyone know if they were?

Nah, I don't think so

Thats The Star Wars Project... OOOOOOOOLD news.

GAH this new technology is going to amke me Taking over the World Much harder...

Well... If I was a third world civilian I would start shaking....

Originally posted by Koala MeatPie
GAH this new technology is going to amke me Taking over the World Much harder...

It makes solving mysteries easier detective

Sherlock: "Quick Watson, Moriarty is escaping, Arm the mega blaster!"

There will be plenty of it.

Welfare should be limited..........Always produces leaches.....

Tech like this will probably change warfare, but not for the better of those who wield these weapons.
Being able to take down 'conventinal' (nuclear)missiles with greater ease will only result in the enemy using more creative and unpredictable means to deliver damage. The last few years have made it very clear already that it does not take advanced technology to strike hard on an opponent, making all attempts on defensive systems against high-tech weaponry even more futile.

oh boy, sattelite mounted particle weapons...that'll made us lots of friends...

Viewing this mainly strategic, they f#cked up big time making/letting this information go public. The more you leave to guess concerning your abilities the better.
Unless this is a very clever scam, and the US has even far better defensive/offensive technology in use right now, making the rest of the world believe a few orbiting rayguns are the best they can do, while they have something far more terrible up the sleeve...

The US news system is the wolds greatest military intelligence source lol

this still doesn't hold a candle to the rumored generation 4 nuclear weapons-pure fusion war heads and antimatter bombs-Think photon torpedo people, scary shit.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
this still doesn't hold a candle to the rumored generation 4 nuclear weapons-pure fusion war heads and antimatter bombs-Think photon torpedo people, scary shit.

What are those?

Originally posted by Inspectah Deck
What are those?
The three kinds of nuclear reactions:
fission-a nucleus is split apart, releasing a massive amount of energy.
fusion-two nuclei combine, releasing an even more massive amount of energy.
Anhihilation-Matter comes into contact with antimatter. Both are converted to energy. That's a massive output of energy.

How a Hydrogen bomb works-an initial atomic bomb (fission) is detonated, creating a tempurature high enough to activate the hydrogen bomb (fusion) which in itself sets off another fission reaction. This is terribly inefficient and a lot of potential energy is lost.

A pure fusion warhead would use a laser to superheat the payload to several million degrees, thus activating fusion immediatly and generating more energy.

An antimatter weapon would most likely use a very simple element like hydrogen and a very simple antimatter like antihydrogen (since that's the only true antimatter atom that they've been able to synthesize) held back by a magnetic field. The force of a warhead that operates like this would be measured in terratons or isotons-destruction on a countrywide or possibly continental scale. Furthermore, the necessity of a shielding mechanism for antimatter would make accidental detonations possible through something as trivial as an equipment malfuntion or a power failure. Antimatter anhihlates on contact with any matter.
So yeah, if they're really developing these (as rumored) we're screwed.

i used the term photon torpedo because the mechanism that's being developed is virtually the same one used by cosmic missiles in star wars and star trek