US military sets laser PHASRs to stun

NewScientist.com news service ^ | 16:05 07 November 2005 | Will Knight

[milemark]

We must fight in Iraq so that we can stun the enemy over there and not have to stun the enemy here at home.

[DBrow]

Yup, if your enemy is sophisticated and prepared, there are laser safety goggles commercially available to block about any laser line, with attenuations from a million to tens of millions. Pricey for lab use, but if needed by the military, not that expensive compared to the life of a soldier.

You must know the laser wavelength (color) precisely, but once you know that you can field filters that will specifically block it.

I have noticed that lots of the new "less than lethal" armament and much of the explicitly lethal stuff is geared toward quick decisive strikes against unarmed or technologically unequipped personnel.

If you had a team with this blinding laser, and they used it on a bunch of people with laser goggles, would they be able to switch gears quickly when they see it's ineffective?

[Thunder90]

There trying to develop a weapon that sends electric pulses down a light beam.