Raytheon tested Helicopter Mounted Laser Weapon System

[The Accountant]

But then you need to put those mirrors on everything in the battlefield..!

Which is practically impossible ... lets see how things work out ...

 

[The SC]

Which is practically impossible ... lets see how things work out ...

That is what I meant..

 

[Oldman1]

Why not ? I am not talking about common mirrors ... there are high quality mirrors which have higher rates of reflection and are resistant to heat ...

This is science

You can use science to defeat lasers. But as the poster mention, sometimes its impractical. It be like saying you could put 10 meters of armor all around a tank to withstand any hits, but it would make the tank impractical in the battlefield.

 

[The Accountant]

You can use science to defeat lasers. But as the poster mention, sometimes its impractical. It be like saying you could put 10 meters of armor all around a tank to withstand any hits, but it would make the tank impractical in the battlefield.

Yes but some of the criritcal position can still be guarded like SAM systems ...

Sir bottom line it is an evolving weapon and we do not know how does it work and how effective it is , everything being discussed here is just pure speculation ...

Based on this , lets agree to disagree

 

[bobo6661]

I don't think even Airwolf or Blue Thunder had laser power.

But the Redwolf had a laser

 

[Penguin]

But the Redwolf had a laser

In one episode ("Airwolf II"), Airwolf had a twin, Airwolf II, also known as Redwolf. Redwolf was secretly built by The Firm to replace Airwolf, but was subsequently stolen and flown by Harlan Jenkins, its egotistical creator and test-pilot rival of Stringfellow Hawke. Redwolf differed from Airwolf in that its underbelly was painted red (where Airwolf was painted pearl-grey). It was also equipped with a powerful laser weapon coupled with a quick-firing, single-tube rocket pod (although in reality it had no external modifications to the Bell 222 like Airwolf). Season 4 also featured a similar copter to Redwolf, known as the Scorpion, though the footage of the dogfighting was recycled from the "Airwolf II" episode.

Left is Redwolf (note centerline nose modification), right is Scorpion (no nose modification)