What if Excalibur was real? - Episode #11 - Stuff About Ace Combat 

I think that Excalibur's biggest failure is the fact that it can only fire once before cooling, so I guess that a saturation cruise missile attack could destroy it with ease.

@ 7:36 "Build it far from what borders?" -Pixy

For the record, the Heavy Command Cruiser idea did originate in our real life, but the idea was scrapped due to (obviously) extremely huge cost and the extreme lack of cost efficiency. Laser weapons and railguns, however, are being developed as we speak by real life arms manufacturers, and the US military is known to plan and develop vehicles and vessels for these weapons.

With the advances of Directed Energy technologies, and the existence of the YAL-1 modified Boeing 747. A weapon like Excalibur has the possibility of existing in our lifetime

1.21 Gigawatts?!?! I am calling it right now, someone edited Acepedia lol

3:08 *add some random triggered flat earthers*

I guess you choosed Scientist path on ACZ

"Of course, we'll never see Excalibur here, on our planet Earth." Trump: "Hold my beer." Elon Musk: "Hold mine, too."

What if they were to reflect the beam off of several satellites? Then it could have the range to hit anywhere on the planet, if the satellites were lined up correctly.

I wonder if Excalibur can be used as an asteroid-countering weapon, should Ulysses' fragments impact the Osean continent. On a separate note, Osea and Yuktobania were involved in the cleanup of the frags, so they probably reverse-engineered Belkan laser tech for their Arkbird, the Useans for the Megalith and maybe even the Meson Cannon by the Leasathians. Another edit: I wonder if the Meson Cannon is linked with the laser gunpods we saw in the AC7 trailer.

Excalibur is just a very big chemical laser, something that we are very familiar with in real-life: you * could * build something like that, but it would be a massive undertaking.

Excalibur isn't that unrealistic, if you do some research. There are actually multiple projects and programs with the same name, funded by DARPA. involving interception of an ICBM with a bunch of Xray laser satellites and Naval or Aerial deployed High Powered Laser systems for shooting down ICBM on their ascension phase and their terminal phase. Both of them have their flaws, they could actually work.

Now what if Stonehenge was real on Earth? That's something that we'd like to know.

I think Excalibur would be kinda useless against a massive missile attack. The amount of power needed and the expense of it would mean they'd be too few to challenge a serious missile attack. If any kind of laser defense against ICBMs were built, it'd better resemble the DEAD system from Black Ops 3, much smaller systems that can be built in larger numbers near cities.

1. 1:40 this kind of makes sense if you think that in the long-range version it is deflected with a mirror that would absorb part of the energy instead of deflecting- 2. honestly defeating this thing would be very hard without the Doraemon pocket that every aircraft have in Strangereal that let them carry 60 missiles xd but obviously, the real tower would have less resistance than the one in the game but still 3. dedicating an entire nuclear facility to power just one weapon instead of a city- well nuclear submarines exists and most aircraft carriers also use nuclear energy so it is economically plausible

One thing about building it in a valley or plain to prevent aircraft from "Nap of the Earth" flying to get inside it's range, I would, rather build it on a Mountain range, so as to enhance the coverage area w/o Satellite coverage, Also because having the high ground, looking down, provides a similar advantage in area denial as the hypothetical plain would have. If this weapon were built on top of the Colorado Rockies, for instance, there should only be a couple small areas of immunity (The shadows of the lesser American Mountain ranges, Sierra Nevada and the Appalacians), and you could set up AAA defenses somewhat more effectively, because they would have smaller chunks of sky to focus on. At least, that's what I think of. There's probably plenty I'm not considering, but oh well.

I've been thinking how to build a UAV who can assist you in battle like how Butterfly Master and Strigon 1 use a UAVs

Dang it. If the Excalibur's range is accurate in the Strangereal map, then that would mean that Belka is massive... And so Strangereal would be also a bigger planet, if it holds Osea, with sea space to spare.

If Excalibur was real, there would be multiple Excalibur's(3 Excalibur stations)that will most likely be operated by the United States

Can you do "What if Fenrir was real?" I wanna see how a fighter with optical camouflage, VTOL, microwave weapons, and an SWBM would change the geopolitical climate.

In real world scenarios, if we already reached the technology level required to build Excalibur then the most probable real world solution that I can think of: 1. Other countries would build counter super weapon 2. Other countries would build weapons specifically designed to defeat Excalibur 3. Other countries would scramble to halt or cancel Excalibur project when it was still being built. Not complying will most probably result on world war where all countries scramble to attack country that build Excalibur. Building such weapon, will not only strikes fear on enemies countries but also allies alike. 4. And the cheapest way (that I can think of) to destroy Excalibur if somehow the entire world let a country to build such a weapon, would be dropping a massive amount of long range missile, artillery shells, rockets, and basically everything you have in ground based attack. Perhaps Excalibur can shoot down 100 or 200 missile/shells in succession... but 1,000 or 2,000 of them at almost the same time? Unlikely.

Surprisingly Poland could be one of the few countries to actually have this thing put on its soil but would need US backing

Excalibur is just like the particle cannon from Command and Conquer series, Using the orbital satellites to reflect it's beam to do an actually attack.

Ac fan, you are clearly passionate! Great job!

Excalibur vs Arkbird *FRICKIN LASER BEAMS!!*

The problem is... certain materials made of for example nobium, could reflect the laser.

@Ace Combat Fan, you should totally make a series of videos based on the "What If" question, would be totally awesome.

6:50 what about the artillery? Can be a good way to deal with it?..... Good video by the way

I think Excalibur was one of nikola tesla's Ideas

I think, if Excalibur was a real superweapon, it would be possible, that USSR would be able to deploy it on central parts of Russia, near a Moscow city. It would be enough to fully cover western parts of USSR with major cities, military bases, roads and industrial/agricultural areas. I have tried to put that circle on Russia. If USSR didn't collapsed, of course. It had all scientific, power and military resources to deploy that.

1:02 FINALLY! SOME ITALIAN GAMEPLAY! 2:42 I thank you for adding Italian Gameplay on your video! :)

Awesome video! do videos like this for the other superweapons. It'd be interesting to see the scenarios for them.

Now what if the sinfaxi and hrimfaxi existed

I love when you do stuff about ace combat and this episode especially enchanted me

Romania, I immediately thought of the Balaur...

If technology was advanced enough im pretty sure this would be a real thing

Build it in Taiwan is a good Idea the bad part is we ain't got that much electricity for it

I love how you used the Italian subtitles

Now how about Messon Cannon? What if that cannon is real? Especially with MBSR equipped...

7:44 Finland is safe

Combine Excalibur, Atmos Ring, Chandellier and Stonehenge, all into one fucking gigantic Network of offensive and defensive weapons....

actually a smaller one exists , its even airborne ..Buddy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Energy_Liquid_Laser_Area_Defense_System

Well said and Laser would have been very useful to shoot down intermediate range and Intercontinental ballistic missiles in boost phase

I think it can fire for quite long but the longer it fires for the longer the cool down is

YOU FORGET THE EXACILUILBER TOOK JUST 12 WEEK TO DOING IT

"Earth isn't Flat" Brace for impact *Takes shelter* (:3

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とても面白かったです。nice video

If it were real, all wars would be too easy, don't get me started about the Aigaion lmao.

"we'll never see Excalibur here" we almost did with Reagan's SDI "Star Wars" project lol

Nothing is impossible

Now if we could just ship a bunch of Erusian drone trucks across the defensive line...

Actually using the turrain as a cover method isn't going to work either, especially since something like Excalibur would be designed from the onset for sensor fusion. You can't sneak through if the sensor density is, for all intents and purposes, yes.

Smooth dodge there

1.21 Gigawatts, what a nice easteregg in AC.

The biggest question is not what if Excalibur was real but rather why isn't it already around? It's been blatantly proven that we have the technology to develop something like this. Airborne laser anybody? We could use that exact same technology to build a framework. Build a tower and then install the laser unit directly on top. A system like this needs to be installed in places like Japan, South Korea, and then of course off the coast of the US.

Make a video if the arkbird were real

the Sword can also destroy satellites,naval targets and asteroids. excellent video.

"we'll never see Excalibur here" Someone hasn't played ACI recently : P

Build it into a space elevator RANGE INCREASES TO HALF THE PLANET

Outstanding video! I want more of it, keep it up dude!

it will also be a exelent anti satelital weapon been powerfull enof to destroy most satelites in les than 24 hours

Wouldn't Earth's gravitational pull be enough too bend the Lazer beam over the distances at which it fires? That should extend it's range by quite a bit. Also, could Excalibur be used to attack satellites/orbital craft like the Arc Bird?

As far as the sattelite is still in orbit, excalibur strikes anywhere it want

If that Excalibur build in our world. Our world will be the same in strangereal full of conflict and the nation who have that power will be fearless even in nuclear war

6:22 "Turd!" Lol

Ace Combat Infinity. Receives MVP after S ranking. A member of the rival teams messages you. Open message. Says "noob"

Those Belkan people are super scientists.

Seems like something China would love to build right at Beijing, if not right in the middle of South China Sea to end the geopolitical dispute for good.

If it was built in Vancouver like you showed, you would need to put some rental housing in the structure.

@7:37 Actually there is a prototype Excalibur in Taiwan call 'Taipei 101', go check it.

5:23 it could even attack Bejing and Shanghai

I don't know if somebody already made this connection with mobile suit gundam, but did you notice the similarities between char and yellow 13? Both are the most skilled pilots of their army, both are skilled in one field (char in speed and 13 in squadron combats) and both have a relationship in a way with a dark (light brown?) skinned woman (lalah and 4)

And yes, the back to the future reference had to be there.

By the looks of it too, it looks like Excalibur may also be able to retract into the ground. Only a hunch on my end.

What if the Gleipnir was real?

It's worth noting that Lockheed Martin has mentioned in a video about The Helio system using a lasers to counteract icbm's so this idea isn't as Fantastical As It Seems although I would be very surprised if you'd have one really large laser instead of a bunch of small lasers also I'd be surprised if they could take down an aircraft

Not to mention fuel for those fighter in the attack

When I flew mission 9 I would always attack the laser aperature at the top first thus making it unable to continue firing, 4XAGMs is enough to destroy that part in one pass.

Do you guys remember the new super weapon that was introduced to us in ace combat infinity? Well I'll want ace combat fan to talk about that weapon

Can you do a video of the Ace Combat superweapon "What if Stonehenge was Real"?

This video was damm good... the science behind Ace Combat! What a great theme. Keep on it! I need moar of it! D8

episode #11? I cant find the rest of the episode halp :o nice video btw

awesome thoughts and research, thanks ace combat fan !

Always died at that mission

Amazaing, spot on analysis!

So, we get that Excalibur has enough energy output to destroy aircraft and ICBMs, but I'm curious about it's area of effect. Supposing it fires with satellite support at a ground target, what's the "blast radius"?

7:24 Yasss! Greetings from Poland :D

Wow! Really!?? Russian subtitles!!? Thanks for it, I speak English bad and this really helps)

I wonder if the squadron leader of Gault, Anton Kupchenko, had his hand with the development of Excalibur. Considering his background in engineering, and Pixy's plane, Morgan, with it's micro version of Excalibur.

Excalibur sounds like a system the British would use. IRL I think it would be a British system to defend the British Isles from ICBM’s during the Cold War.

You should do on the Arkbird with the orbital laser weapon.

i bet PA and Namco Learns Mathematic and Pyshics

i would want to build excalibur on a mountain top, so it has far better conventional range.

It probably won't have made whoever owned it much more likely to launch a nuclear attack

2:04 Well, it may need 1.21 gigawatts to power each laser beam....but atmosphere, and distance would probably de-focus the beam, and result in reduced power hitting the target (but would prob teabag anything it hits). It might be even problematic to intercept a ICBM, because of these handicaps.

"We will never see Excalibur built here on earth..." :D Really :D

Wouldn't Excalibur have to deal with atmospheric blooming?

Im japanese.I think it is very good movie. but I have one question. Excalibur range data take into account air-damping? If my question and English include mistake, Id like you to ignore my question. In conclusion, Ace combat and this movie is very very cool！

what if we are have an "Excalibur" in earth?? Actually we have a "mobile" excalibur that was really exist: YAL-1A Airborne Laser.