Zionist Entity Tactical Laser Fizzles
Steve Schear
schear at lvcm.com
Thu Dec 7 17:50:32 PST 2000
At 03:34 PM 12/7/00 -0800, Eric Cordian wrote:
I must have been mistaken, according to the material at
http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/asat/miracl.htm no CO2 is employed,
rather "a fuel (ethylene, C2H4) is burned with an oxidizer (nitrogen
trifluoride, NF3). Free, excited fluorine atoms are one of the combustion
products. Just downstream from the combustor, deuterium and helium are
injected into the exhaust. Deuterium combines with the excited fluorine to
give excited deuterium fluoride (DF) molecules, while the helium stabilizes
the reaction and controls the temperature. The laser's resonator mirrors
are wrapped around the excited exhaust gas and optical energy is extracted.
The cavity is actively cooled and can be run until the fuel supply is
exhausted. The laser's output power can be varied over a wide range by
altering the fuel flow rates and mixture/"
steve
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