$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...
That line does double duty. It not only allows the speaker to get off the hook, but also sets up the narrative that they NEED protection from the unnamed "them", because "you can't trust the government".
Which is why there are laws against striking aircraft with laser pointers. Just weak little laser pointers are a problem, imagine being hit by a weapons-grade military laser!
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eoj3H7LMy2k&t=2s
This is why...
I made a joke response to a Xweet on my mobile phone...
And then I opened YouTube on my laptop, and this was its top recommended video. Synchronicity, spyware or other? ;):)
Which is why there are laws against striking aircraft with laser pointers. Just weak little laser pointers are a problem, imagine being hit by a weapons-grade military laser!
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eoj3H7LMy2k&t=2s
This is why...
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...