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Sukharevskiy reported on the presence of laser weapons in Ukraine and the use of a "mother" drone (interfax.com.ua)
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[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how many shortcuts you can make with such sophisticated tech like lasers. Afaik all those "small" mobile ground models are around 30-50 KW and I'd assume you cannot go too much further below that without drastically affecting the actual effectiveness against a target. At some point they just become too weak to actually destroy anything within a feasible time, if at all.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It could be as simple as a longer cool down time between shots.

Made up numbers but let's say a US prototype could hit 5 targets a minute due to heating problems, maybe the Ukraine one is 1 per minute.

That's still 1 less expensive missle used per shot.