Interesting, but you have to realize this is showroom advertising. The actual system would have to be proven. It is not deployed yet. It is only for air engagements; ground targets would be obscured by clouds, etc. From experience, I doubt they will do anything less than a lethal engagement.
I will have to admit, it looks pretty neat. Probably a 100-kW class beam (or less). I last read of electric lasers being developed for this application about 5 years ago, so I am behind the times (illness). Shooting down ballistic missiles would not be part of its capability. That takes a megawatt-class laser and a whole lot of senors.
Interesting, but you have to realize this is showroom advertising. The actual system would have to be proven. It is not deployed yet. It is only for air engagements; ground targets would be obscured by clouds, etc. From experience, I doubt they will do anything less than a lethal engagement.
I will have to admit, it looks pretty neat. Probably a 100-kW class beam (or less). I last read of electric lasers being developed for this application about 5 years ago, so I am behind the times (illness). Shooting down ballistic missiles would not be part of its capability. That takes a megawatt-class laser and a whole lot of senors.
Nothing to do with the Guidestones.