Why doesn't the military do this? are they stupid?
Why doesn't the military do this? are they stupid?
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If you fire a laser against a mirror, it bounces but raises the heat of the mirror so you end up melting the mirror and destroying the drone.
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I may risk being too credible here, but a $80 drone is a lot more expendable than a $40m laser tank. The drone can be considered a consumable. Hell, mark the drones down as ammo.
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Depending on how long you do it, how powerful the laser, and how quickly it can cool off at the same time.
And like the other guy said, you can make really good mirrors if you only care about one wavelength.
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But the drone stays in the air by making wind, which would cool down the mirror?
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Unironically yes. If that's not enough, add water.
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A laser attack during a hurricane would really surprise the target.
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Do not point laser at remaining eyewall.
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not if you have total internal reflection
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In all seriousness, wavelength-specific dielectric mirrors can approach six nines of reflectivity.
The hard part is hitting the mirror instead of the drone.
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And keeping the mirror surface clean
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Yeah I guess you can't pulse-ablate a mirror made of plastic.
Though it invites a backup strategy of spraying your enemies with molten drone.
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Just make the mirror as wide as the drone! Oh, wait...
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