Ion Cannon Satellites

maggot SG

Will the famous Ion Cannon Satellite in the CNC game be a reality in the near future?

Will a mad man operate hundreds of them and fried everyone on the planet? Laughing Mr. Green Rolling Eyes

abao SG

will not happen in near future lorz... Laughing

tankee1981 SG

The Soviet Union have attempted to deploy a space-based weapon, Polyus in the past. The weapon is sent into space by the same engine,Energia which sent the Soviet shuttle Buran(Snowstorm), this means that it is huge! It can either be armed with a laser or cannon. But apparently it is a failure as the space tug misfired and Polyus fell into the Pacific Ocean.

More info:
http://www.k26.com/buran/Info/Polyus/polyus-energia.html

Cross-section of Polyus:
http://www.astronautix.com/graphics/p/polyus1.jpg

ditzy SG

In 2 james bond movies, they had a similar cannon but both ran on solar power. Laughing

maggot SG

Getting a particle accelerator up into orbit seems too impossible Laughing

The ion beam cannot be directed too...may distorted due to magnetic fields in the ionsphere Rolling Eyes

Unless some genius can come up with a very small design that can flew up there Shocked

maggot SG

Ultraviolet wavelength laser can almost burn through anything known Shocked

Main problem is the lens Laughing

No known lens can withstand that kind of heat generated for long time Cool

ditzy SG

That's why you only see such things in movies. Laughing

khyron1 SG

IIRC the closest thing to a space cannon are the ICBMs (specifically SS-18 Satans) which are earmarked for FOBS (Fractional Orbital Bombardment System). It was designed that the nuke will explode in space, releasing the energy as EMP. The result? Well, most of us have played CnC rite?

nismoS132 SG

wasn’t there a recent announcement that the there was already some kind of an early prototype of a land based ion cannon?

ditzy SG

We're spoilt, if it don't come from space, it ain't no ion cannon. Laughing

archon1234 SG

The ion cannon maybe feasible in outer space warfare, but it is impossible to use it to destory any target on the ground. Our atmospher is full of particles to absorb the energy, and readily defract the ion light source away from the target.

Darkness_hacker99 SG

Wah Ion cannon ar. You just play CNC-General izzit? I heard of Ion Drive/Thrust where the space shuttle keeps on increasing speed using the ion thrust without stopped. Unlimited amt of fuel. How I wish there’s Ion Cannon.

Unidentified SG

And stike by ion cannon to form North Singapore and South Singapore ?

sgFish SG

you make no sense

laurence82 SG

that means the ion cannon neatly cut SG into two

Laughing

CX SG

hmmm... read between the lines... thats not what he meant... Wink

SBS9828X SG

cannon ixus also good

Unidentified SG

Erm... that what im trying to say