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SomeNYDude (he/him)'s avatar

Great update. Ukraine can trade their laser tech to Europe to protect Europe in exchange for funding. Less need to rely on dodgy US weapon systems with a kill switch.

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Simon Cast's avatar

Do you know if the laser is continuous or pulsed?

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Wes O'Donnell's avatar

Hi Simon, if it's based on tech from UK's DragonFire, which is highly likely, then it is a continuous-wave laser.

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Stan's avatar

Terrifying to think that the enemy could permanently blind every one of your soldiers facing them in milliseconds. The laser would only need to rapidly scan the field, not linger on anyone. Infrared blocking goggles would slow it down, but likely not be enough, certainly not against a multikilowatt beam.

Escalation to nuclear (or surrender) would be hard to resist.

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Robert Honeyman's avatar

It's already considered a war crime. Fortunately, the Rasicsts are well behind the curve.

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Martin's avatar

I believe the royal navy had this capability in the 80s for air defence, but removed it due to the questionable legality.

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Robert Honeyman's avatar

"What makes Ukraine’s achievement even more remarkable is that they have done this with limited resources and in real combat conditions."

We saw that in WWII. Nothing happens, nothing happens. BOOM! Existential crisis.

No more coffee breaks. No more vacations. No more just plain dicking around. Think your idea will work? Make it happen. A year later, it's on the battlefield in force.

Saw that with drones. Saw that with long-range missiles. When there's no time to fuck around, things get done. It's like societal ADD where all procrastination ends when deadlines are imminent.

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