[NOISE] What is "laser material"?
The Washington Post, April 25, 1996, p. A12.
Israelis Eye U.S. Laser As Anti-Rocket Defense
'Nautilus' Beam Burns Surface of Weapon
By John Mintz
... Moreover, a laser shot costs $3,000, compared to several million dollars for a missile. Army officials envision the Nautilus would be beamed from a truck capable of firing 50 shots before requiring more laser material.
Does anyone have any idea what "more laser material" means? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Frantz | The CDA means | Periwinkle -- Computer Consulting (408)356-8506 | lost jobs and | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com | dead teenagers | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA
÷On Thu, 25 Apr 1996, Bill Frantz wrote:
... Nautilus would be beamed from a truck capable of firing 50 shots before requiring more laser material.
Does anyone have any idea what "more laser material" means?
I think it's something nasty like a flouride of some kind (I seem to remember reading that the biggest problem with anti-missile lasers has been stopping them frm disolving the pongos firing it. Definitely sounds nice if it works. I've had scuds fired at me and I didn't enjoy it :) --- They say in online country So which side are you on boys There is no middle way Which side are you on You'll either be a Usenet man Which side are you on boys Or a thug for the CDA Which side are you on? National Union of Computer Operatives; Hackers, local 37 APL-CPIO
Bill Frantz wrote:
Moreover, a laser shot costs $3,000, compared to several million dollars for a missile. Army officials envision the Nautilus would be beamed from a truck capable of firing 50 shots before requiring more laser material.
Does anyone have any idea what "more laser material" means?
It's this fluorescent goopy stuff, very sticky and tough to handle; I hear it smells *awful* too. They have to use big compressors to pack it into the laser tubes. That's one of the reason lasers require so much power. Curiously, the popular novelty product "Silly String" is in fact a scaled-down "domestic" version of real laser technology. ______c_____________________________________________________________________ Mike M Nally * Tiv^H^H^H IBM * Austin TX * pain is inevitable m5@tivoli.com * m101@io.com * <URL:http://www.io.com/~m101> * suffering is optional
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