You don't NEED to aim at a sensor to blind it.
Just consider a flash-bang : It doesn't focus on anything, and will blind you neatly.
Nukes, love them or leave them...
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Not at 20+m The flashbang gets away with not focusing on anything because it is assumed the targets are close. Why do you think that flashbangs are not used much outside during the day?Klempik wrote:You don't NEED to aim at a sensor to blind it.
Just consider a flash-bang : It doesn't focus on anything, and will blind you neatly.
In order to blind a sensor effectively you need to stuck a certain intensity of energy into it, and your means for doing that will drop off in effectiveness with inverse square. My laser will be able to blind you from many times further than a flashbang will. So if you want to have a space flashbang, its going to have to be some kind of massive nuke that lights up most of the system to be effective at long range...
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I just wanted to illustrate that you don't need pinpoint accuracy to aim a jamming signal.
Most 1st gen jammers work this way and they are very crudely directed toward their targets.
Of course but neither do you need a blinding beam with a projected surface the size of the antenna you're aiming at : That's just too much.In order to blind a sensor effectively you need to stuck a certain intensity of energy into it, and your means for doing that will drop off in effectiveness with inverse square. My laser will be able to blind you from many times further than a flashbang will. So if you want to have a space flashbang, its going to have to be some kind of massive nuke that lights up most of the system to be effective at long range...
I just wanted to illustrate that you don't need pinpoint accuracy to aim a jamming signal.
Most 1st gen jammers work this way and they are very crudely directed toward their targets.