Exactly right. The reported 20kw weapon system my be harmless to the aluminum skin of an aircraft at ten miles away but damage to a human retina occurs at beam intensities six orders of magnitude lower.
Lasers are collimated beam weapons, but they still follow the inverse square law, so that if you double the distance to the target you reduce the amount of energy (per square unit of target area) significantly. After 18000 feet presumably the...
I was wondering about how a laser would interact with a metalized not-actually-Mylar balloon. This?
If so, the issue of not being able to predict where a munition might fall seems to be mirrored (so to speak.) The most powerful laser I have...
During the great Chinese Spy Balloon Panic, the USAF discovered that shells from standard aircraft cannon will pass completely through large scale high altitude research balloons without detonating, creating unnecessary hazards to people and...
Exactly right. The reported 20kw weapon system my be harmless to the aluminum skin of an aircraft at ten miles away but damage to a human retina occurs at beam intensities six orders of magnitude lower.
As we watch the ongoing Russian aggression, it's clear that these drone incursions aren't mere accidents or navigational mishaps but rather a calculated move by Russia to test the resolve of NATO and undermine the security of its member states.
It was asked why a balloon would look like that. Here's a video I shot, white is cold. This is a mylar balloon in my backyard.
It reflects both the sky and the ground. You see the sky as a very cold shape, not that different from what we...
Simulated IR (BLK hot) view of an irregular mylar balloon over the desert
Note in both videos, the balloon is not moving at all.
And over some mountains in California...
Bold of you to assume our government is operating with any level of competency.
AP reporting makes it sounds like a clown show.
The sudden and surprising airspace closure over El Paso, Texas, stemmed from the Pentagon's plans to test a laser...
Totally agree, that line jumped out at me as well. Thinking about it, Grusch had no problem going before Congress and saying whatever he wanted. Congress wants stories and isn't all that interested in evidence, or maybe more accurately, some of...
no. if they saw a hairy man come out of the wormhole, the guys on the hill would have just assumed it was Billy Bob from down the street or one of the maintenance guys.
Upping the ante will be tricky. Previously (historically) they've gone from seeing disks in the sky but shunning landing and occupant cases to accepting occupant claims but shunning abductions, to embracing abductions but drawing the line at...
$10 on 'AARO Whistleblower Speaks Up' (but does not provide any exciting evidence), that's my outside bet.
$5 on the Tedescos finding yet another anomalous phenomenon while half of their equipment is off and they're looking in the wrong...