We can put shades on the tank to bounce it right back
Why doesn't the military do this? are they stupid?
2 years ago by BraveLittleToaster to c/noncredibledefense
BraveLittleToaster 92 points 2 years ago
verity_kindle 25 points 2 years ago
Classic,but inappropriate. Tanks should not wear aviators, but big chunky goggle style Warby Parkers on sale $1.89
webghost0101 65 points 2 years ago
WAR… is.. disco?
Next your gonna tell me the raving rabbits are the ones driving them.
verity_kindle 2 points 2 years ago
Disco Demolition Night. This type of war is not unprecedented.
tal 21 points 2 years ago
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The Army has officially deployed a pair of high-energy lasers overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out of the sky, the service recently confirmed, marking a major milestone for the U.S. military's ongoing development of futuristic directed-energy weapons.
The 20-kilowatt Palletized High Energy Laser, or P-HEL, "is currently deployed to support the Army's mission" in an undisclosed location abroad, a spokesman for the service's Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, which manages its directed-energy portfolio, told Military.com.
I think the bigger concern is enemy UAVs wearing shades.
verity_kindle 11 points 2 years ago
Yay for undisclosed location! Slava Ukraini!
absentbird 3 points 2 years ago
It could potentially be in the red sea.
send_me_your_mommy_milkers 3 points 2 years ago
Big ass solar panels on the drone to capture the energy and charge the drones battery
Sidyctism2 14 points 2 years ago
I HATE THIS SO MUCH
and its soo awesome
BigMikeInAustin 7 points 2 years ago
This is why I never open someone else's makeup bag.
ThrowawayPermanente 9 points 2 years ago
Doesn't that cause a nuclear explosion?
FiniteBanjo 3 points 2 years ago
The US military has in the past used some large vehicle mounted beam weapons that make your skin burn like all hell, such as the Active Denial System, and I wonder if those could be deflected as well or if they're the part of the spectrum that needs more sophisticated shielding?
polonius-rex 32 points 2 years ago
the tank is confused by its own reflection and attempts to fight itself
Hobbes_Dent 30 points 2 years ago
Sigh.
Because good lasers are red.
Seraph 33 points 2 years ago
...the color of a blaster bolt (character-scale or starship scale) is determined by the quality of the gas used in it - higher quality gives you green, lower quality gives you red. The Rebellion didn't have access to the highest quality gas, and had to make do with the lower quality ammunition.
Huh, I guess I wondered but never looked it up until now.
bufalo1973 27 points 2 years ago
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.
CanadaPlus 9 points 2 years ago
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.
BigMikeInAustin 8 points 2 years ago
But the drone stays in the air by making wind, which would cool down the mirror?
CanadaPlus 4 points 2 years ago
Unironically yes. If that's not enough, add water.
BigMikeInAustin 3 points 2 years ago
A laser attack during a hurricane would really surprise the target.
HackerJoe 16 points 2 years ago
Mirrors melt and break when hit with a laser of more than "pretty lights power".
This dude built a 2kW one with optics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNmbvaUzC8Q
mirror at ~ 4:30
EDIT: I know where I am, that video is too good not to share though. Vote away.
BigMikeInAustin 6 points 2 years ago
Nah. This doesn't count because that guy is clearly from the future when you can buy a 1K laser at the corner store. In 2024, they are a little bit harder to come by.
BigMikeInAustin 4 points 2 years ago
Back to the future.
1955 Doc Brown on plutonium availability:
octopus_ink 2 points 2 years ago
This is the most fascinating thing I've seen on youtube in a long time.
verity_kindle 4 points 2 years ago
Queen of battle! Yasss
verity_kindle 13 points 2 years ago
We don't need Sky Ranger, mirrorbois or lasertank, we have shitballoons.
doingthestuff 12 points 2 years ago
This is also how you check if your ass is clean.
CanadaPlus 3 points 2 years ago
Interesting! Yeah, I think in the right atmospheric conditions this could absolutely work.
Why it's NCD, as drawn, is that shells already exist and do exactly this when fired on an indirect arc.
BigMikeInAustin 7 points 2 years ago
I actually do this with my TV infrared remote control.
Default_Defect 1 point 2 years ago
Porque no los?
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Laser tanks are impractical. What if the enemy wears mirrored shades? That laser goes right back and kills you instead. You don't want your 100 million dollar tank to be taken out by a pair of Ray-Bans.
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