Forcefield

[QES]

I think elves should get this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvLlU1sRnv8&mode=related&search=

It's only right
-Qes

 

[QES]

And this belongs to Recon units:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I88HGR1b2vo&mode=related&search=

-Qes

EDIT: IT's not green screen technology, consider that while watching.

 

[Karakas]

umm this may sound n00b'd out. but is that trophy thing real? o.o

 

[QES]

umm this may sound n00b'd out. but is that trophy thing real? o.o

Yeah. It is.

Its still in development, but its nearing the end stages of development, which is why this promotional video is out. It's designed to get the military to salivate (kinda like ffh teasers) and place orders for it. Marketing marketing marketing.

Still, I'm equal parts surprized its real (holy crap were in the future!) and miffed (It took us to 2006 to get this? Where's my flying car damnit?, and were supposed to have colonies on mars by now!)
-Qes

EDIT: Bare in mind, its only anti- propelled balistic missle. It can take out RPGs, Tow, Missles and the like, but bullets, and Tank Rounds wouldn't be stopped. Also, cant stop IED's and Land Mines

 

[Chandrasekhar]

I know what I'm going to ask Santa for this Christmas.

P.S. 1000, woohoo!

 

[QES]

I know what I'm going to ask Santa for this Christmas.

P.S. 1000, woohoo!

Lol which one?
-Qes

 

[Chandrasekhar]

Both. The lord of the north pole has deep pockets.

 

[thomas.berubeg]

is it an actual forcefeild, or is it a sort of "star wars program" thing that shoots the missile out of the air?

 

[Chandrasekhar]

Looks to me like it shoots incoming missiles out of the air, probably with a projectile of its own. We have stuff that does that right now, but only on a much larger scale.

 

[eerr]

Looks to me like it shoots incoming missiles out of the air, probably with a projectile of its own. We have stuff that does that right now, but only on a much larger scale.

missle defense systems
for america?(military bases?)
and not with the same reliablity....

 

[Chandrasekhar]

Keep in mind that that's essentially a commercial, and whatever fine print that the lawyers require wouldn't be included there. Who knows what flaws it has?

 

[QES]

It also would never reaveal the "counter" part of the system, as that IS what makes it so effective and lucerative.

In the commercial (and fox special report) they note that its a secret. It strikes me as most likely a directed energy weapon (yes a laser). Because that would be the only thing fast enough to counter a projectile in the amount of time necessary.

Radar to information, to desicion, to relay to Trophy-system, to analysis of threat, to projected velocity, to aiming of "device" to fireing/counter implmenetation, would all have to be done within the span of time that the threat projectile entered its radius, to the time of projectile destruction at a safe distance. Adding the mechanics of fireing opposing projectiles, strikes me as too slow for this sort of thing, where as a directed energy weapon can merely be turned on, and balistics wouldnt have to be taken into account.

It also mentions that there are "two" methods of countering the target projectile, one is detonation, the other is disablement. Disablement seems to just turn the explosive projectile into a non-threatening non-explosive dud. The latter seems to function like anti-bomb squads blowing up a device before it can blow ITSELF up. Both could potentially use directed energy, but it might be that one version is directed energy and the other is a anti-balistics balistic countermessure.
-Qes

 

[Maian]

I doubt they use a laser. Lasers have 2 significant disadvantages:
1) They're weak, and I'm not sure putting lasers powerful enough to destroy the warhead in a split-second on a tank is feasible.
2) They're useless against projectiles without warheads. You need an actual counter projectile to deflect those. I'll admit that even then, you'd need a pretty fast or large projectile to deflect those tho.

 

[Maniac]

Does this thread really need to be here? *sigh*

 

[Chandrasekhar]

Knocking the offending missile out of the air seems simple enough, but how do you suppose they would disable one that is flying toward the forcefield system? Seems like it would be a complex job, but I guess this forcefield system is a complex device.

 

[QES]

Does this thread really need to be here? *sigh*

I just wanted to share what i found with the community, thought people here'd get a kick out of it, nothing more.
-Qes

 

[QES]

Knocking the offending missile out of the air seems simple enough, but how do you suppose they would disable one that is flying toward the forcefield system? Seems like it would be a complex job, but I guess this forcefield system is a complex device.

I suspect its "just" a low-range high-heat flash/laser device. Sort of "Flashcook" the incoming projectile. Though, it strikes me that power output for such a device would be extreamly high.

It could also be something smaller and projectile based, but im not sure how "accurate" a projectile could be, or how fast. It's all very intersting.
-Qes

 

[Kael]

Please don't start threads unrelated to FfH (and yes this is unrelated even with the ljosalfar reference).

 

[Zuul]

Cool but yes unrelated. I also don't think they are using laser. Needs too much energy. Probably some high speed bullet.

 

[wilboman]

Directed energy does not necessarily have to be laser. Sound, microwaves or some other form of wave energy, perhaps. Chaff, maybe?