Yes, this is considerably weaker. One of the SDI proposals was to fire lasers from the ground and up to a mirror. That created two paths for attenuation. Some here are saying that energy attenuation is not that big of a deal (the width of the beam was the big consumer for SDI) but I'm not so sure. Do you know the width/radius of the beam used on the aircraft?
Do you know the width/radius of the beam used on the aircraft? </i> The "telescope" in the turret is about 1.5 meters in diameter, but the beam is focused onto the target, I don't know how large the beam is at the target. You wouldn't want it too much smaller than that, because that increases your aiming problems.