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From AFRL's Directed Energy Directorate, Laser Division, Cooperative Development Branch, Kirtland AFB NM

The following characteristics make the COIL a very
good candidate for high-power applications:

1 - near-infrared laser wavelength of 1.315 micrometers is great for transmission through optical fibers.
(You don't need to aim the entire devide, just the focusing head.)

2 - a high optical quality beam that can be focused to small spots for faster metal cutting
(as pinpoint as you want it to be)

3 - readily scaled to meet very high-power needs.
(as powerful as you want it to be)

4 - the by-products of COIL lasing are salt, water and oxygen; no greenhouse effect gases exist.
Cool - an eco-safe weapon. BWAHAHAHAHA