Is that all part of the current austerity trends?
Sounds nifty though!
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| Author: | Peltz [ Fri Dec 12, 2014 2:40 am ] |
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| Author: | derf [ Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:35 pm ] |
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no doubt satis wants one for his carrier *put on armchair admiral cap* isn't this just money spunked away? according to wikipedia it's meant for drones and small approaching vessels, but wouldn't a phalanx work fine in that regard? of course i know shit about the operating costs of a phalanx or this. |
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| Author: | Peltz [ Fri Dec 12, 2014 3:21 pm ] |
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Its all about 'time to target'. That shit is nearly instantaneous. Its probably a decade away from being of good enough but they'll get there eventually. |
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| Author: | Rinox [ Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:28 am ] |
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While I obviously enjoy explosions and lazors for their own sake, what is the exact advantage of these (other than small-moving targets like drones)? That they can so to speak eliminate a particular weapon or explosive without necessarily blowing up the whole vessel? |
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| Author: | Peltz [ Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:19 am ] |
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Well for one a it is always good to carry less explosives and projectiles on-board. Because if something does get through the air defense, that stuff becomes even more deadly than enemy fire. |
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| Author: | Satis [ Tue Dec 23, 2014 4:57 pm ] |
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The primary advantages are it's cheap and you don't run out of ammo, ever. The fact it moves at the speed of light and isn't affected by gravity (much) is probably also a bonus. A few things to note are that the weapon system cost a total of $40million dollars to develop, and it's now deployed. That's nothing for a weapons system. Also, each time it shoots is projected to cost 59 cents. Compare that to several hundred thousand dollars (at least) per modern missile. Laser weapons are an absolute game changer. Mount a battle ship with some laser weapons for anti-air and anti-ship defense and a rail gun for blowing shit up over the horizon and you'd have one hell of an inexpensive and powerful weapons system. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_Weapon_System |
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| Author: | Rinox [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:04 am ] |
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Is that all part of the current austerity trends? Sounds nifty though! |
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| Author: | derf [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:51 am ] | |||||||||
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That's the case right there. Cheap as hell Comparing it to a Phalanx burst of 20mm or whatever it shoots, each burst might cost a few thousand bucks in comparison.
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