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Donkees

(31,474 posts)
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 11:05 AM Aug 2021

Directed Energy Systems Integration Lab. - accelerate delivery of laser lethality warfighters at sea

Keeping the @USNavy lethal and ready. The nearly 18,500-square-foot Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory will open in December along the Point Mugu Sea Range, enabling @NSWCPortHuenem, Calif., to accelerate delivery of laser lethality to the warfighter at sea




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Directed Energy Systems Integration Lab. - accelerate delivery of laser lethality warfighters at sea (Original Post) Donkees Aug 2021 OP
Mirrored warfighting vessels will become all the rage Blues Heron Aug 2021 #1
1D surface is always a 45 degrees back from is the reflection's light angle of incident WA-03 Democrat Aug 2021 #2
Aliens already got a Laser Boomerang Champp Aug 2021 #3
Ensign! is that a disco ball or are we under attack!? Blues Heron Aug 2021 #4

WA-03 Democrat

(3,056 posts)
2. 1D surface is always a 45 degrees back from is the reflection's light angle of incident
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 11:34 AM
Aug 2021

Retro reflecting materials will return light parallel to the angle of incident. So, cover the vessel with reflectors for a laser boomerang.

Champp

(2,114 posts)
3. Aliens already got a Laser Boomerang
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 11:43 AM
Aug 2021

Those whacky, devil-may-care Aliens. They're always a step ahead.

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