01-07-2013, 04:36 PM | #1 |
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The PanEuropeans have invented the Laser Turret..,
If the Combine doesn't move fast we'll have a Laser Turret gap!
Their next step will undoubtedly be mounting it in a tower. http://singularityhub.com/2013/01/07...over-1km-away/ http://entertainment.slashdot.org/st...-than-1km-away |
01-07-2013, 05:02 PM | #2 |
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Re: The PanEuropeans have invented the Laser Turret..,
Not to worry. The Navy is on it. And the Combine version will be on a vehicle - admittedly a ship, but a ship is a vehicle. :)
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01-09-2013, 08:18 AM | #3 |
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Re: The PanEuropeans have invented the Laser Turret..,
If you think about it, a "beach defense" would be nearly impossible in the OGRE universe. You have to presume that naval mounted lasers are standard issue there. You mount lasers on top of submarines; surface a number of them near the area you want to attack; and pound the defenses from well out of their range. The obvious defense would be Laser towers and turrets, but you force their hand with several waves of cruise missiles so your lasers are killing his lasers while he's killing cruise missiles. Naval forces and mobile inland reserves are really the only practical defenses. The beaches are just too exposed once you have line of sight weaponry.
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01-09-2013, 08:59 AM | #4 | |
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Re: The PanEuropeans have invented the Laser Turret..,
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01-09-2013, 12:50 PM | #5 |
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Re: The PanEuropeans have invented the Laser Turret..,
That alone gives equal armament potential. The mass advantage of a beach over any ship then returns their advantage. The ships, of course, still have their key advantage, mobility. In the absence of some offensive or defensive system one can mount that the other can't, it seems like beach defense would be roughly as hard with Ogre technology as our own.
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01-09-2013, 01:32 PM | #6 | |
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Re: The PanEuropeans have invented the Laser Turret..,
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01-09-2013, 11:05 PM | #7 |
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Re: The PanEuropeans have invented the Laser Turret..,
Anti ship missiles aren't going to do much good against a laser armed ship force. The real problem is defending an entire coastline. You could build defenses so dense they can't be easily penetrated in a few key locations, but the cost of defending against the max ship concentrations at all spots is hugely prohibitive. As mentioned here, the mobility advantage of laser armed ships (and subs) is going to be a huge multiplier.
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01-09-2013, 11:14 PM | #8 |
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Re: The PanEuropeans have invented the Laser Turret..,
The problem with the active countermeasures is that they block the same lasers you need to shoot down cruise missiles. If your lasers and cruise missiles can neutralize the defense's lasers, then the rest of the defense falls to nuclear cruise missile strikes.
Of course, this works both ways. Getting onshore is relatively easy in a world where you can concentrate so much force at one place. Pushing inland without a laser umbrella may be nearly impossible. I'm thinking the "defense" would be sufficient inland so as to stop a fast moving breakout and allow your own cruise missiles to reduce the attacker. |
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