• ShadowRam@kbin.social
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      8 months ago

      Yeah, have you seen the size of those? Those are chem lasers in order to get the wattage needed to destroy something.

      Plus you need the electronics/mechanics to track the device perfectly to keep the laser on target in order for it to do damage.

      All completely unnecessary to drop a small drone out of the sky.

      • skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de
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        8 months ago

        there are also fiber lasers with enough power for small, slow targets like drone and size small enough to fit in a modern western fighter jet pod. targeting is done via radar roughly and then the same optics , or similar optics that laser uses later