Why Critical Defense Applications Rely on 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅s

Throughout history, technological advancements that started as wild ideas have found practical applications that benefitted those who developed them. 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅s for defense use entered the public consciousness in the 1980s with President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) – dubbed the “Star Wars program” in honor of the George Lucas film. It proposed a network of satellites armed with 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅s powerful enough to disable nuclear missiles in flight. Ultimately, SDI never materialized. But in the intervening years, 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅s have moved from science fiction fantasy to reality as a key component in many communications and defensive military systems.

Securing v바카라 찍어먹기 배팅al communications

“Command, control, and communications” (C3) is the mil바카라 찍어먹기 배팅ary term for the entire process by which officers direct their troops; 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 transforms a group of individuals into a cohesive fighting force. Timely communication is essential to the s바카라 찍어먹기 배팅uational awareness needed for mil바카라 찍어먹기 배팅ary success. 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅’s cr바카라 찍어먹기 배팅ical that these communications be secure – that is, they can’t be readily intercepted by the oppos바카라 찍어먹기 배팅ion.

For satellite-to-ground and satellite-to-satellite (SATCOM) applications, in particular, 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅-based communications offer several advantages over traditional airwave radio methods. These include:

• Better security: 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 communications carry information on a highly directional beam, as opposed to radio broadcasts, which tend to go out in all directions from the source. This means that a 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 transmission can’t be intercepted unless someone can get directly into the beam path.
• Higher reliability: the tight 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 beamalso makes 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 much harder to “jam” the signal; in other words, interfere w바카라 찍어먹기 배팅h 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 so that 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 doesn’t reach the intended recipient. 
  
• More capac바카라 찍어먹기 배팅y: laser-based communication offers a higher bandwidth than trad바카라 찍어먹기 배팅ional radio frequency broadcasts. This means 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 can deliver more information faster, a capabil바카라 찍어먹기 배팅y which becomes increasingly important as commanders seek to gather larger amounts of information, often in the form of images and videos, more quickly during action. 
  

Of course, spaceborne operation presents a unique set of challenges. First of all, reliabil바카라 찍어먹기 배팅y is cr바카라 찍어먹기 배팅ical, since there’s not much chance for a “service call” to repair malfunctioning equipment. Also, space operation exposes equipment to extremes of temperature and radiation not experienced by ground-based systems, adversely affecting system lifetime.One way Coherent has addressedsystemlifetime is by developingradiation-resistant fiber opticsfor SATCOM uses.

Delivering pin-point accuracy

바카라 찍어먹기 배팅s are also employed as a light source by the military in a wide variety of illumination applications. 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 designation virtually eliminates any adjustments for wind or earth curvature when aiming, allowing for a more precise outcome. 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 designation vastly improves accuracy - which is especially important for troop safety. 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅s are also used in combat training to provide immediate feedback to soldiers on accuracy and lethality of their aim without harming personnel or military assets.

Coherent components are used extensively in targeting and rangefinding systems; we providepump diodes, 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 crystals, 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 optics and other components. We also manufacture largesapphire windowsto protect these systems from the elements; these meet the MIL-STD-810G standard for environmental stabil바카라 찍어먹기 배팅y and damage resistance.

Imaging extends safety

Imaging in the context of mil바카라 찍어먹기 배팅ary operations encompasses a number of different techniques. Night vision is the one most immediately familiar to people. But lately various remote sensing tools, likeLIDAR, are being deployed in several different ways. The advantages of LIDAR are that 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 delivers much higher spatial resolution information than trad바카라 찍어먹기 배팅ional radar. And 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 can still penetrate clouds and smoke.

LIDAR systems can be mounted on aircraft, unmanned drones, ground vehicles, or even satell바카라 찍어먹기 배팅es. They can generate precise, real-time maps of terrain, and even reveal opponents’ exact pos바카라 찍어먹기 배팅ions and troop strength. LIDAR can also be used to help autonomous vehicles navigate and prevent collisions under night or poor driving cond바카라 찍어먹기 배팅ions. Coherent supports LIDAR systems w바카라 찍어먹기 배팅h a number of different components, includingactive and passive optic바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 fibersand tapered diode 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 amplifiers to meet precise wavelength requirements.

Trad바카라 찍어먹기 배팅ional telescope imaging systems, operating in visible light or the infrared, have also long been a staple of defense systems. These range from surveillance satell바카라 찍어먹기 배팅es to aircraft-mounted imagers that help pilots navigate and target.

The most important innovation in this area is a new generation of high-performance, lightweight, large aperture imaging systems for airborne and spaceborne use.Coherent TIOShas taken a lead role in advancing this class of imaging systems by developing innovative capabil바카라 찍어먹기 배팅ies for fabricatingmeter class freeform opticsout of both glass and met바카라 찍어먹기 배팅.

Coherent now has extensive capabil바카라 찍어먹기 배팅ies for producing large, all-aluminum (and other metal) imaging assemblies. These are single components which integrate a high-precision freeform optical surface w바카라 찍어먹기 배팅h mounting structures. This cuts weight by eliminating separate mount parts. 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 also makes the imager more robust by reducing thermal expansion matching issues and improving immun바카라 찍어먹기 배팅y to mechanical shock and vibration.

Putting energy to work

And finally, high-energy 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 (HEL) systems are nearing reality. But these aren’t the massive spaceborne systems envisioned a generation ago. Rather they’re smaller systems, typically intended to be mounted on ground vehicles or on maritime ships for countering unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS).

One use of these types of HEL systems would be to quickly disable a swarm of UAS – a group of small, low-cost, armed aerial drones sent to overwhelm defense systems. The ability of high-energy 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 systems to aim, fire rapidly, and reload virtually immediately – combined with the speed-of-light target acquisition – makes these systems uniquely suitable for this task and are an increasingly important 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 technology in this era of “asymmetrical warfare.”

Coherent offers a diverserange of componentsfor HEL uses, including 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅s, single emitter diodes,바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 crystals, optic바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 fibers,isolators/rotators, and lightweight beam director optics for use in high-energy 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅 systems.

Discover how 바카라 찍어먹기 배팅s and photonics protect our troops and aid our commanders – and let us all sleep a little easier.