Re: Interesting - Ukraine Missiles Use Open Source, Russians Use Pi-4s

On 26/07/2026 02:55, c186282 wrote:
> On 7/25/26 08:42, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 25/07/2026 02:43, c186282 wrote:
>>> On 7/24/26 06:00, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>> On 24/07/2026 04:39, c186282 wrote:
>>>>> "GoldenDome" is NOT practical. The USA is just
>>>>>    WAY too damned BIG. It can be attacked from any
>>>>>    direction. The sheer scale of a missile defense
>>>>>    system is, well, just impractical.
>>>>>
>>>> I think the only way to make this work is to move everything of 
>>>> importance underground. And leave the surface for cyclists and bunny 
>>>> huggers
>>>>
>>>>>    Something new/different would be needed - giant,
>>>>>    really giant, lasers or something.
>>>>>
>>>> Or a lot of little ones.
>>>
>>>    Who's gonna PAY for them ? Just to cover the US
>>>    mainland we'd be talking maybe a few THOUSAND
>>>    of those 'small' lasers. X-percent will be out
>>>    of service at any given time.
>>>
>> What makes you think they would be expensive?
> 
>    Think about the tech, and precision, required.
> 
>    Price building a 500kw-plus *pulse* laser in yer garage.
> 
But how short is the pulse?

You store the electrons in a big capacitor...like a flashgun

>    Oh yea, what powers them, The Grid ??? Three EMP
>    devices and 90% of The Grid goes down hard. Ya
>    might be OK in like Miami - but Miami ain't gonna
>    save the whole USA.
> 
Yawn. No. Not really

>    To intercept a big, maybe a bit wobbly, incoming
>    missile you'd have to focus HUGE energy on ONE
>    spot within maybe 0.1 second. Haven't done the
>    equations, but I think we're talking HUGE laser
>    energy here. Then you have to re-charge within
>    a few seconds to get the NEXT missile. Put a
>    micron of shiny chrome on the missiles and now
>    you need TWICE the energy.
> 
Megawatt pulse lasers are available

But you don't need that. UKs naval laser is 50Kw peak.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonFire_(weapon)

>    Did see a fun news story today ... a couple of
>    Ukrainians in an open-cockpit plane shot down
>    a Russian drone. The guy in the back seat took
>    it out with a RIFLE and it crashed into the sea.
>    Brit pilots in WW-2 used to "bump" V-1 drones
>    off course with their planes. Are we back to
>    1944 again ?  :-)
> 
More like 1914

>    The "nest of hornets" model kinda invented by
>    Ukraine - the face of 21st century war - is
>    incredibly difficult to defend against. It's
>    the end of 'large' assets - aka large TARGETS.
> 
A strong carbon fibre mesh would stop it

>    Iran - hate 'em or hate 'em - is employing the
>    same 'nest' strategy. It's proving impossible
>    to get at EVERYTHING, thus leaving them enough
>    to at least 'terrorize'.
> 
>    The USA doesn't need any more big carriers, it
>    needs to spend that money on 200 little, mostly
>    robotic, drone/missile launching boats and
>    cargo planes that can spit out a dozen.
> 
The rest of te world knows what to do. Its only the USA  who thinks you 
can 'do a big bootiful deal' with a drone swarm.


>    How to DEAL with masses of drones and little
>    missiles - SOME maybe with a tac-nuke - coming
>    from every direction ??? Lasers and 'smart'
>    counter-drones are the only tact, but don't
>    think the lasers will be cheap or lack
>    vulnerabilities. The incoming drones will
>    also have avoidance algos for counter-drones.
> 
>    Oh, and China will have pre-hacked the laser
>    software - one or more 'kill switches'. Good
>    fuckin' luck finding them  :-)
> 
Time to leave the USA and move to a first world country then

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