... You missed my prior point that in order for the need to arise for such a weapon, the infrastructure has be there. Why would anyone fight a real war in...
... The detection ranges being discussed are far too low for this to be a reasonable expectation. In the above example, the detection range is only the...
On another forum, they were talking about the naked-eye gamma-ray burster 080319B. http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3215 The burster was at redshift 0.937, which is...
Hi found a little info on this game at boardgamegeek.com. Sounds pretty interesting and appears to still be available. I may have to pursue that line of...
... Well, it sort of arises by following a set of assumptions. As a rule of thumb, the shorter the frequency used by a laser, the more damage it inflicts on...
... There's a much more reliable way to figure out radiation dose: given a 1/e absorption range of A g/cm^2 and a dose of D J/m^2, the surface of a material...
... question to ... a ... is ... But that's close enough range that you're tracking, not searching. ... change ... uncertainty ... over ... Over a long period...
... It would be more correct to say that the shorter the wavelength, the longer the range at which it can inflict damage on a target. 1 MW of infrared light...
... This pretty much guarantees that attacking space forces will come in from a direction other than the ecliptic. The question then becomes, is the element...
... details, ... <Massive SNIP> @ Luke - Thanks for the info. Understand you weren't making a statement of belief in BPXRL possibility, just that the tests...
... rays? ... the time you're close enough to feel the burn, the heat effects of the nuke are burning the hull. ... 1. Only the drive bell would be immune....
... Let me take the worst case scenario. The incoming craft never burn rockets to give themselves away. They use no power for life support or other uses so...
... vaporizes 3/4ths of a mole, call it half a mole because it has to heat it up first. ... depth of penetration of 3 centimeters. ... take a hundred x-ray...
... You call this a worst case scenario? ... They do, however, emit a LOT of energy... ... radiate the power of sunlight. Which, for a non-stealthy 1km...
... from a direction other than the ecliptic. The question then becomes, is the element of surprise worth the expenditure of fuel to enter into a non-ecliptic...
... This reminds me of a particular x-ray laser weapon concept I once came up with called a "bombtrack laser". I came up with this idea before I had any idea...
... Hopefully, that's true. But maybe not... ... Yes, active sensor tracking may be the key to keeping tabs on everything everywhere. ... The windows are only...
... diameter. I actually preferred designs about an order of magnitude smaller than that, but it turns out that the limitation for my preferred design is the...
... in from a direction other than the ecliptic. The question then becomes, is the element of surprise worth the expenditure of fuel to enter into a...
... in ... becomes, ... into ... to ... Mercury is the most inclined major object in the inner system, and it only deviates by 7 degrees. Transfer orbits...
... watch ... and ... watching ... at ... random ... operations ... And you have until hostilities break out to find the ship with slow, broad angle searches,...
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Northrop_Grumman_Offers_New_Compact_High_Power_Solid_State_Laser_999.html Only 15 kilowatts, which isn't quite weapons grade....
I don't know what PR means. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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... PR means "public relations." In this context it means "the concept is still utterly wrong, but the sales people are so good at fast talking that you are...
... Obsolete usage from the age of mankind. These days it means http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html I just hope the Chinese invite the "inventor"...
... until the drive works... ... While we're at it, do you think we could convince them to abduct the TimeCube guy by giving him a Secret Service detail, and...
... But why would you want to do that? Don't you understand that he is a Knower of 4 corner simultaneous 24 hour Days that occur within a single 4 quadrant...
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