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To: RandallFlagg

Mirrors, movement, dispersion lens, etc.

Yes, they all would work to a certain extent.

But with a powerful enough laser, the tiny defects of any of these defenses eventually fail.

The reason we don’t see these as battlefield weapons is that the power sources necessary are prohibitive.


10 posted on 03/05/2015 6:49:23 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: MrB

I recall in one of these military laser stories a general asked a tech guy what would happen if they cover missiles with a reflective surface and then spin them. The tech guy replied with something like ‘Imagine the laser like a huge shotgun. Would spinning and mirrors stop a giant shotgun?’ I have no idea if that’s scientifically right or not.

FReegards


19 posted on 03/05/2015 7:05:28 AM PST by Ransomed
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