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Re: Missile Defence, the live version
From: "Jarrod Frates" <jfrates.ml () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:53:13 -0700
On 7/13/06, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
Remember that one end of the missle is *already* on fire and designed to withstand some serious heat for at least a few seconds - and the other end is being cooled by some really serious airflow. And keep in mind that many of the explosive payloads are going to be hard to trigger by mere heating, they often need a detonator cap (probably buried *well* inside where it's hard to hit) or electrical discharge or similar.
This setup is based on the Tactical High-Energy Laser, which was able to take out salvoes of mortar shells in mid-flight, as well as Katyusha rockets and MANPADS missiles. It is a very powerful laser, relatively quick to acquire and shoot. It can be set for various profiles, so that it will shoot at a target moving outside of those parameters but not the Cessna coming in at 80 knots. The laser is probably intended to detonate the fuel by hitting close to the middle, or else cause structural failure due to weakening of a part of the target, causing it to tumble and possibly explode on its own. I don't believe it takes long to do so, though I was not able to find any information on the lasing time per target, something I suspect is highly classified. Jarrod _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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