BraveLittleToaster@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 年前Why doesn't the military do this? are they stupid?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up1350arrow-down19
arrow-up1341arrow-down1imageWhy doesn't the military do this? are they stupid?lemmy.worldBraveLittleToaster@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 年前message-square71linkfedilink
minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 年前not if you have total internal reflection
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 年前In all seriousness, wavelength-specific dielectric mirrors can approach six nines of reflectivity. The hard part is hitting the mirror instead of the drone.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 年前Just make the mirror as wide as the drone! Oh, wait…
minus-squareSocsa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前And keeping the mirror surface clean
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 年前Yeah I guess you can’t pulse-ablate a mirror made of plastic. Though it invites a backup strategy of spraying your enemies with molten drone.
not if you have total internal reflection
In all seriousness, wavelength-specific dielectric mirrors can approach six nines of reflectivity.
The hard part is hitting the mirror instead of the drone.
Just make the mirror as wide as the drone! Oh, wait…
And keeping the mirror surface clean
Yeah I guess you can’t pulse-ablate a mirror made of plastic.
Though it invites a backup strategy of spraying your enemies with molten drone.