Footage circulating in Russian pro-military channels this week shows what is claimed to be a Russian laser weapon system engaging aerial drones, according to a Russian military blogger who described the video as an "exclusive." The blogger's post claimed several
Why laser when you can have something like shotgun?
These are large drones that fly too high to hit with a shotgun. also laser is by far the cheapest option because it just takes electricity to operate.
Lasers massively lose efficiency over distance because the light spreads with distance. They’re horrible for long range targeting.
They are using them right now, so clearly not that terrible for this use case. Even when you have loss of efficiency, if you’re hooked up to the power grid, you can amplify the power enough for it to be effective. And it’s going to be cheaper than producing interceptor missiles and drones that have to be physically produced, stored, and distributed.
I have a serious doubt that whatever Russia could cobble together would be an effective laser weapon for more than just demo.
Is this the sequel to “Russia’s nukes probably don’t even work”?
No it’s more like Russias piss poor attempt at making their very own gps system while having none of the benefits of the USSR … 32 satellites launched so far. One lost … 4 or 5 in orbits so low as to be detrimental, not one so far has reached the target 800km goal . Second launches are dispersed in various geostationary orbits and completely varied. They needed a net to get geo location and they cats pebbles in the pond. There are ramifications to dumbing down the country.
Oh, you’ve been gorging on youtube thumbnail slop and this is the result.
How to say you uncritically guzzle propaganda about the adversaries of the empire without saying it.
How to say I am a Russian bot in two lines.
ok there reddit brain