Reply #19: force field my ass. Its a scaled up shotgun hooked up to a radar system [View All]

[davepc]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TROPHY_Active_Protection_System

TROPHY (in Hebrew: "מעיל רוח", lit. "Wind Coat") is a protective shield system for both light and heavy armored vehicles that intercepts and destroys missiles and rockets with a shotgun-like blast just before they hit. TROPHY was developed by RAFAEL together with Israel Aircraft Industries' Elta Group. The system is known as an "active protection system" (APS). The developers claim it is a major milestone in weapons design. They would have a system like TROPHY reduce or eliminate the need for heavy armor for combat vehicles.

The Navy has been using something similar for decades called the Phalanx. They took the basic idea behind that, and adopted it to be used on a vehicle. No force fields, no science fiction.