Re: Missiles in Space Combat?
- From: fairwater@xxxxxxxxx (Derek Lyons)
- Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 03:54:35 GMT
Mike Williams <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Also, in space you don't need to make your missiles pointy and
slipstreamed. If you suspect that your enemies have anti-missile lasers,
you can stick a big laser reflector on the nose. Three mirrors at right
angles. If someone shines a laser at the missile, a tiny fraction of the
energy gets through the mirrors but the main beam bounces off all three
mirrors and gets sent back almost exactly to where it came from, causing
more damage to your enemy than they do to your missile.
In some universe where laser beams are always and forever perfectly
parallel - sure. (Assuming that is also a universe where it is easy
to produce and maintain mirrors of the extreme quality required.)
In passing I note that neither universe is congruent with our own.
D.
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