@BraveLittleToaster@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 10 days agoWhy doesn't the military do this? are they stupid?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1332
arrow-up1332imageWhy doesn't the military do this? are they stupid?lemmy.world@BraveLittleToaster@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 10 days agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-square@Jumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish5•10 days agonot if you have total internal reflection
minus-square@mindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish8•10 days agoIn all seriousness, wavelength-specific dielectric mirrors can approach six nines of reflectivity. The hard part is hitting the mirror instead of the drone.
minus-square@Socsa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 days agoAnd keeping the mirror surface clean
minus-square@mindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 days agoYeah 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.
minus-square@threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 days agoJust make the mirror as wide as the drone! Oh, wait…
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.
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.
Just make the mirror as wide as the drone! Oh, wait…