GGTharos Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 Nope ... they show no 'methods of determining' ... like most warning systems, you likely need no more than a simple adjustment to deal with it ... lasers aren't that hard to peg. Monochromatic light, pinpoint, illimunating for x amount of time ... warn away. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
Cobra360 Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 Plus that was from a publication that is now 10 years old. I'm sure laser warning systems are more advanced now. Like stealth technology, radar systems advance and adapt to counter it.
nscode Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 It's not a question of advanced or not.. just of treshold settings. If Russians have a cheap sensor that can detect the signal (laser light in this case) onboard a supersonic missile, there's no question that westeners have such a sensor that fits a tank ;) Never forget that World War III was not Cold for most of us.
D-Scythe Posted February 26, 2006 Posted February 26, 2006 Owned? :) If it was 1996, then yes :icon_pray But it's 2006 ;) Like GGTharos said, how hard would it be to simply lower the threshold of a LWR? It's not exactly something that would take 10 years and a multi-million dollar system to counter. Did the M1A1/A2 even have a laser warning reciever in '96?
Dudikoff Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 how hard would it be to simply lower the threshold of a LWR? It's not exactly something that would take 10 years and a multi-million dollar system to counter. Maybe you don't want to lower it too much as it might lead to too many false alarms hapenning in a real combat setting. Since Vikhr is a beam rider, the laser beam has to be only strong enough for the missile to detect it, whereas the beam for guiding missiles by laser beam reflection has to be much more powerful. Same goes for the ranging laser beam (it also has to be pretty stronger because it has to reflect strong enough signal in the originating direction). i386DX40@42 MHz w/i387 CP, 4 MB RAM (8*512 kB), Trident 8900C 1 MB w/16-bit RAMDAC ISA, Quantum 340 MB UDMA33, SB 16, DOS 6.22 w/QEMM + Win3.11CE, Quickshot 1btn 2axis, Numpad as hat. 2 FPH on a good day, 1 FPH avg. DISCLAIMER: My posts are still absolutely useless. Just finding excuses not to learn the F-14 (HB's Swansong?). Annoyed by my posts? Please consider donating. Once the target sum is reached, I'll be off to somewhere nice I promise not to post from. I'd buy that for a dollar!
nscode Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 And what laser signal from above would be a false alarm? Never forget that World War III was not Cold for most of us.
Force_Feedback Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Here is a novel soloution from some corporation, though these ones probably haven't heard of the Geveva convention either, but hell, who gives a damn thing in the US... http://www.spec.com/TechElectroBeamrider.html Not very innovative, but I guess it works well, let's hope everybody will get blind from those things, that way there would be no one left to aim the missiles, or fly any other helicopters. :p Creedence Clearwater Revival:worthy:
nscode Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Countermeasure: sunglasses :) Never forget that World War III was not Cold for most of us.
Force_Feedback Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Countermeasure: sunglasses :) Yup, laser-filtering sunglasses is all you need to counter that, guess the islamic country that will be invaded next will put them to good use. :p Creedence Clearwater Revival:worthy:
D-Scythe Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Maybe you don't want to lower it too much as it might lead to too many false alarms hapenning in a real combat setting. Since Vikhr is a beam rider, the laser beam has to be only strong enough for the missile to detect it, whereas the beam for guiding missiles by laser beam reflection has to be much more powerful. Same goes for the ranging laser beam (it also has to be pretty stronger because it has to reflect strong enough signal in the originating direction). *What* false alarms? It's not like a laser beam diffracts or whatever as much as normal light - it basically travels in a thin, straight pencil beam. It's not like there's a million lasers shooting off everywhere, and suffice to say, if a laser is painting your tank, chances are that you ARE the target of an impending attack. Whether it is a laser range finding laser or a missile designating laser, it is regardless a signal that something is gonna kill you soon. What other lasers out there will trigger a false alarm?
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