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| Israeli Lasers! |
| 2022-07-21 |
 [NationalNews] The Iron Dome launches interceptor missiles to track down projectiles, but the Iron Beam will rely on lasers to strike down airborne targets. The system's fibre laser is expected to down aerial targets within four to five seconds of firing using super heat. |
| Posted by:Mercutio |
| #5 With great power comes great fire insurance. That could apply to my last DnD group. Had a tendency to set everything on fire, intentionally and other. Set fire to two inns with a very loose respect to hands of fire and braining an idiot with a firebrand. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-07-21 16:21 |
| #4 ^ With great power comes great fire insurance. Distances in orbit make it unlikely to be useful. A laser beam is highly collimated so it does not spread much. I would expect atmosphere effects like turbulence and refraction to be bigger problems. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-07-21 12:31 |
| #3 Getting enough power to make it dangerous is the biggest problem.... |
| Posted by: magpie 2022-07-21 09:32 |
| #2 Distances in orbit make it unlikely to be useful. The inverse square law is a bitch. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-07-21 07:31 |
| #1 Put the same thing on a sat, with motors and such to aim the shooty end and you have a crudely aimed space laser! Yaayy! |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-07-21 05:57 |