Pentagon pays well, right? Solid, financial, reputation, on, time.
Can anyone finally build that belt fed 10 Gauge we are all waiting for? GIs, me and YouTube gun channels...
Until the million dollar per unit laser anti-drone systems are deployed. The Generators driving those must do great also powering PS1s and the Container Spa Sauna or AC.
#armystrong #MIB
#cyberpunkcoltoure
I told you. I am sure he served...
... he looks and acts like.
PS: This being said, not everyone is full of shit. Asking helps:
No, a 1 to 5-kilometer laser danger range is far below the normal cruising altitude of a commercial airplane.
However, an aircraft is heavily exposed to this danger zone during its takeoff and landing phases.
## Altitude Comparison
To understand the safety gap, we can convert a commercial airplane's typical flight altitudes into kilometers:
* Normal Cruising Altitude: Cruising altitudes range from 9.1 to 12.8 kilometers (30,000 to 42,000 feet). At this height, the aircraft is safely double or triple the maximum destructive range of a standard 100 kW counter-drone laser.
* Laser Hazard Range: The severe structural damage zone caps out at 5 kilometers (approx. 16,400 feet).
## The Critical Vulnerability Windows
While safe at cruise, a commercial airliner must pass directly through this weapon hazard zone twice during every journey:
1. The Takeoff Window: An airplane typically takes about 5 to 8 minutes after lifting off to climb past the 5-kilometer (16,400 feet) threshold.
2. The Landing Approach: During descent, an aircraft drops below 5 kilometers roughly 15 to 20 minutes before touchdown, remaining inside the theoretical danger envelope for the entirety of its final approach.
## Atmospheric Protection at Altitude
Even if a military-grade laser targets an aircraft at high cruising altitudes, the laser's effectiveness is severely diminished by two factors:
* Slant Range: Because lasers travel in straight lines, a ground system aiming at a plane 10 kilometers high that is not directly overhead must shoot through a much longer diagonal path of air (slant range), significantly degrading the beam's focus.
* Dwell Time Failure: At cruising speeds of 800 to 900 km/h, keeping a high-energy laser perfectly focused on a single point of the aluminum hull long enough to melt it is nearly impossible for ground-based optics.
## Restatement of the Alignment## Hierarchy Title: Airplane Altitude Safety Margin## ✅ Airplane Altitude Safety Margin
A commercial airplane's normal cruising altitude of 9.1 to 12.8 kilometers keeps it completely out of reach of a counter-drone laser's 1 to 5-kilometer structural danger zone.
Are you looking into this from an aviation security standpoint, or are you interested in how military aircraft protect themselves against high-energy laser systems?
However, an aircraft is heavily exposed to this danger zone during its takeoff and landing phases.
## Altitude Comparison
To understand the safety gap, we can convert a commercial airplane's typical flight altitudes into kilometers:
* Normal Cruising Altitude: Cruising altitudes range from 9.1 to 12.8 kilometers (30,000 to 42,000 feet). At this height, the aircraft is safely double or triple the maximum destructive range of a standard 100 kW counter-drone laser.
* Laser Hazard Range: The severe structural damage zone caps out at 5 kilometers (approx. 16,400 feet).
## The Critical Vulnerability Windows
While safe at cruise, a commercial airliner must pass directly through this weapon hazard zone twice during every journey:
1. The Takeoff Window: An airplane typically takes about 5 to 8 minutes after lifting off to climb past the 5-kilometer (16,400 feet) threshold.
2. The Landing Approach: During descent, an aircraft drops below 5 kilometers roughly 15 to 20 minutes before touchdown, remaining inside the theoretical danger envelope for the entirety of its final approach.
## Atmospheric Protection at Altitude
Even if a military-grade laser targets an aircraft at high cruising altitudes, the laser's effectiveness is severely diminished by two factors:
* Slant Range: Because lasers travel in straight lines, a ground system aiming at a plane 10 kilometers high that is not directly overhead must shoot through a much longer diagonal path of air (slant range), significantly degrading the beam's focus.
* Dwell Time Failure: At cruising speeds of 800 to 900 km/h, keeping a high-energy laser perfectly focused on a single point of the aluminum hull long enough to melt it is nearly impossible for ground-based optics.
## Restatement of the Alignment## Hierarchy Title: Airplane Altitude Safety Margin## ✅ Airplane Altitude Safety Margin
A commercial airplane's normal cruising altitude of 9.1 to 12.8 kilometers keeps it completely out of reach of a counter-drone laser's 1 to 5-kilometer structural danger zone.
Are you looking into this from an aviation security standpoint, or are you interested in how military aircraft protect themselves against high-energy laser systems?
Realistically, laser systems are a must, but so are belt fed ammunition systems. Incoming avionic systems need defense layers, like Fortresses have had layers of walls and trenches.
