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ATM the biggest problem for LRAD is cost, you fire a $12K Patriot missile to intercept what is either a $40 million jet or a $300 drone. This is revolutionary.
A single patriot missile is estimated to cost $4 million USD https://www.cbsnews.com/news/patriot-missile-ukraine-explain...
ATM the biggest problem for LRAD is cost, you fire a $12K Patriot missile to intercept what is either a $40 million jet or a $300 drone. This is revolutionary.
A single patriot missile is estimated to cost $4 million USD https://www.cbsnews.com/news/patriot-missile-ukraine-explain...
Are there reasons this fly lengthwise? Can't it be made like a boolean of rocket and katana and flown sideways?
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A single patriot missile is estimated to cost $4 million USD https://www.cbsnews.com/news/patriot-missile-ukraine-explain...
Directed energy (laser) will solve this issue, so that Patriots are only engaged for expensive planes, while lasers will destroy drones and cheap ballistic rockets
Interceptor missiles are here to stay. Lasers will accompany them but never replace.
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A single patriot missile is estimated to cost $4 million USD https://www.cbsnews.com/news/patriot-missile-ukraine-explain...
Directed energy (laser) will solve this issue, so that Patriots are only engaged for expensive planes, while lasers will destroy drones and cheap ballistic rockets
Lasers will, however, be very effective at SHORAD, especially against cheap drones, rockets, artillery shells and cruise missiles, in the proper conditions. Iron Beam is projected to cost $0.50-$1.00 in electricity per shot, compared to a $50-60k Iron Dome interceptor missile (which is already insanely cheap for what it is).
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Directed energy (laser) will solve this issue, so that Patriots are only engaged for expensive planes, while lasers will destroy drones and cheap ballistic rockets
They will not solve this issue because laser weapons will not work when light is defracted (fog, heavy clouds, rain), and they will not work against targets beyond the horizon. It's not a technology hurdle, it's a physics impossibility. Interceptor missiles are here to stay. Lasers will accompany them but never replace.
2 machs is ~0.686 km/s - vs 300k km/s for laser.
and laser can be mounted on a plane, which makes it even more dangerous for air2air combat