broadsword
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chinese laser weapon development
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shen
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About the small projectile, something about it just doesn't look right. First, it doesn't look any artillery shell I've seen. Where is the fuse well? The closest shell I can think of is capped armor piercing shell without the ballistic cap. Perhaps an old naval APC shell?
Second, it is difficult to believe that neat little hole is made on the shell while it is in flight.
Third, doesn't the area around the hole look dented? Like the hole was made by a kinetic projectile?
Second, it is difficult to believe that neat little hole is made on the shell while it is in flight.
Third, doesn't the area around the hole look dented? Like the hole was made by a kinetic projectile?
broadsword
Brigadier
I remember reading a few years ago that China was lagging in electrical energy storage to be used for high energy laser on board ships. But with the advent of lithium-phosphate batteries made by BYD for grid storage, can the problem be solved? They had installed a 36 Mega-Watt-Hours (MWh) of the energy storage package in Hebei.
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plawolf
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The large cone is the shell and thermal shield for a ballistic missile, but I think the laser test was done at ground level and the missile cone was stationary.
The scorch markings from an even ring around the melted wound in the side of the cone, and is consistent with thermal conduction of the heat from the laser to the surrounding areas. Most tellingly, the tip of the come shows no signs of scorching as you would expect it this was a live missile test.
The very fact that the missile cone is so intact would also rule out a live test as the pure kinetic energy of impact would have obliterated the missile cone and made post test analysis almost impossible (which is why live tests are typically done on live warheads as the detonation of the warhead would be evidence enough of a successful test without having to try and out Humpty Dumpty back together after the projective hits the ground to try and find the hole the laser made).
That would put this test as much earlier during the development stages of a tactical or strategic laser weapon, at the proof of concept stages, to validate that the laser is powerful enough to penetrate the thermal shield of a ballistic missile warhead.
There is no date for the test against the ballistic missile cone, so its anyone's guess when that was done and what progress has been made since on it.
The scorch markings from an even ring around the melted wound in the side of the cone, and is consistent with thermal conduction of the heat from the laser to the surrounding areas. Most tellingly, the tip of the come shows no signs of scorching as you would expect it this was a live missile test.
The very fact that the missile cone is so intact would also rule out a live test as the pure kinetic energy of impact would have obliterated the missile cone and made post test analysis almost impossible (which is why live tests are typically done on live warheads as the detonation of the warhead would be evidence enough of a successful test without having to try and out Humpty Dumpty back together after the projective hits the ground to try and find the hole the laser made).
That would put this test as much earlier during the development stages of a tactical or strategic laser weapon, at the proof of concept stages, to validate that the laser is powerful enough to penetrate the thermal shield of a ballistic missile warhead.
There is no date for the test against the ballistic missile cone, so its anyone's guess when that was done and what progress has been made since on it.
especially for VIP protection. I imagine the Chinese secret service would be fairly interested in acquiring a few of these to deploy around the presidential palace.
shen
Senior Member
I was just looking over some pictures of the CE-5-T1, noticed the reentry capsule also have an uneven burn mark. not sure.
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Sounds similar to the MIRACL tests conduced by the USN during the late 1990s. I am a bit wary about the sources though given that WantChinaTimes is quoted.
