Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion

Re:Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion by DaiPlusPlus on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @11:36PM (#28217507)

By what deductive reasoning process, and evidence, made you come to that conclusion?

The flight profiles of a guided bomb - and a glider aircraft - are very different. I appreciate there’s a lot of dual-use, but I’m skeptical someone could be working on something so central to the system and not know what it’s really for - all of the stories of internal-disinformation I’ve heard about from the defence sector were all to keep “peripheral” workers quiet.

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Re:Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion by edrxty on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @12:49AM (#28217876)

Nope, newer guided bombs are almost all of the glide variety, see the SDB/Stormbearker and JSOW. They can achieve high glide ratios similar to aircraft, can follow pre programmed waypoints, have variable terminal profiles including the ability to attack from different directions, and can loiter. Speaking as someone who just left that industry, she was 100% working on glide bombs.

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Re:Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion by DaiPlusPlus on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @01:32AM (#28218037)

I'll admit I was thinking more of JDAMs than those glide-bombs... huh TIL! Thanks!

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Re:Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion by dleslie on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @12:33AM (#28217811)

She gave me a great many more details than what I shared, and they weren't important for sharing the anecdote.

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