SDI defense
I have been thinking that since SDI uses Lasers to shoot down ICBMs why not just put mirrors on the ICBMs to reflect the Laser?.
Credonia
15-01-2004, 10:32
I have been thinking that since SDI uses Lasers to shoot down ICBMs why not just put mirrors on the ICBMs to reflect the Laser?.
foolish idea, innovative but foolish mainly because wht if multiple lasers are pointed at it, then you still have the problem of interceptors
Credonia
15-01-2004, 10:44
In addition to that you still have weight concerns, weight means fuel, fuel means money, and would mean u need a more powerful rocket engine as well. Then you must worry about the size of the mirrors, the mechancs needed to adjust them, adn that would take a lot more room and weight.
Zvarinograd
15-01-2004, 10:57
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Dude, enough. I think he gets the point.
Credonia
15-01-2004, 11:29
OOC: whats wrong with makin a point? geez
Zvarinograd
15-01-2004, 11:36
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Nothing, but rubbing it in is.
Well mirrors do not even need to be considered.
Firstly, if a nation is going to ICBM another nation, the idea is to lauch a significant number at the enemy (talking in at least 10 to 20 missiles at once). It would take many satellites a lot of time to be positioned and indeed shoot down that number of ICBM's. Even then you would never be able to hit them all and targets would be hit.
SDI is really an expensive dream which will never really work on its own.
The idea of a missile shield is nice in theory, but in practice there is going to have to be much more progress technologically and in design for major successes to be proven.
Credonia
15-01-2004, 12:13
OOC:
Nothing, but rubbing it in is.
OOC: i wasnt rubbing anything in, i was finishing my thought
Soviet alliance
15-01-2004, 12:14
or try making the ICBM's Armor thick to buy more time for the other 19 to hit its target??
Credonia
15-01-2004, 12:15
Well mirrors do not even need to be considered.
Firstly, if a nation is going to ICBM another nation, the idea is to lauch a significant number at the enemy (talking in at least 10 to 20 missiles at once). It would take many satellites a lot of time to be positioned and indeed shoot down that number of ICBM's. Even then you would never be able to hit them all and targets would be hit.
SDI is really an expensive dream which will never really work on its own.
The idea of a missile shield is nice in theory, but in practice there is going to have to be much more progress technologically and in design for major successes to be proven.
Well we all know targets would be hit, but with the SDI defense it severly limits the number of targets that would be hit. Theres never going to be a 100% defense rate unless you have trillions and trillions of dollars to pump into the program.
Crookfur
15-01-2004, 16:16
hence why Crookfur spending on SDI (according to our issues) is likely in that area. We use a multi layered appraoch cosnsiting of the much touted theatre missile defense based on our fleets, then the orbital platfroms (mix of a limited number of lasers and some missiles platforms) the finaly our aerospace defenses (airborne lasers, interceptor missiles (not patriot) etc etc).
You could try to develope some sort of refelctive coating for your missile but this would have to be able to cope with the energies involved in launch (of course if soemthing could survive a laser hit then launch and reentry shouldn't be too much of an issue). and it would merely reduce the amount of damage a laser would inflict rahter than stop it.