[ableChair]

How large would a device like this be? Especially if it had the ability to target a pilot in an aircraft?

Glad you asked. That's basically what I'm trying to find out but I can't get past some knuckleheaded posts that insist that lasers are miracle devices that never attenuate. My suspicion was that it would have to have been large...or, put another way, it would rely on a fairly large energy store.

[gitmo]

I read some sites for commercial Nd lasers. But from what I could determine the optimim range for the high-power models (400 watts or above) was 1-5 meters.

I'm probably misunderstanding most of what I read, being ignorant on the subject. I would like to see some more definitive writings.