Fact or Fiction Satellite DEWs ?

[Opah]

Heard that a couple Countries other than the US have Satellite Based Direct Energy Weapons and they are what have been starting all these fires ?
With all that is going on ?

 

[def90]

oh boy...

 

[browning2480]

Glad I have my tin foil hat

 

[aaron600rr]

A lighter some gasoline and some $$ transfered to an account would be a lot cheaper than sending up a satellite.

 

[Bärenjäger]

Hmm...

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[Bärenjäger]

However... If there was a state to burn and let grow anew, California could use a fresh start.

(Speaking of ecosystem, not liberals.)

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[Opah]

serious Now they are meeting as we write

Look at the consideration and under an hour later

 

[Marmots]

Seems like a lot of work for a job that can be done with slightly longer than average trailer chains.

 

[Pacific_Fork]

Facts are like assholes everyone has one. Is that how the saying goes?

 

[Opah]

I thought it was options are like assholes, Facts are Facts 1+1=2

 

[Huntindog45]

umm its actually opinions are like assholes.

aside from that.. **** i hope this is a joke. seriously.

 

[mdxv]

 

[Marbles]

Fiction, and bad b horror film fiction at that. Slightly more believable than Sharknado and less believable than Dr. Strangelove.

 

[Pacific_Fork]

umm its actually opinions are like assholes.

aside from that.. **** i hope this is a joke. seriously.

umm sarcasm isn’t a joke sir.

but this thread sure as hell is

 

[flatlanderhuffandpuff]

No wonder tinfoil is so expensive...

 

[Beendare]

The fact is, we should be more worried about the treehuggers not letting us manage forests than satellite weapons.

 

[22lr]

DEW from space is not currently a thing. Were still trying to get DEW small enough for ships and airplanes. Putting one in orbit (that had enough power to hit the ground with enough energy to start a fire) would be a massive undertaking. Nobody is going to waste that technology (and risk the US seeing it and then provoking an armed response) by using it to start a forest fire. It would be seen as hostile fire on the US mainland... not a good look for someone like China or Russia.

So even if space based DEW was a thing, its just not something thats going to be wasted on starting a forest fire. My $.02.

 

[GotDraw?]

I sell satellites for a living.
Yes, unusual job.

Couple points:

1. You can't see a laser beam from the side. The "photo" is a fake.
2. Any country that MIGHT have a DEW of significant power, built and launched at a cost of $100's of millions or a $billion is NOT going to waste the effort starting a fire when doing so will reveal the capability of their satellite to other countries that MIGHT target that satellite in the future.

Period.

JL

 

[JATails]

Fiction, and bad b horror film fiction at that. Slightly more believable than Sharknado and less believable than Dr. Strangelove.

Just putting this out there...

 

[Apollo117]

Just putting this out there...
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