[Swiss]

That is what is impressing me as well, to distory an artillery shell in flight would mean either cooking off the explosive inside (by heating the shell) or by setting off the more sensitive fuse of the shell.

From what I have read of fires on the USS Lexington during WWII and other fires involving shells it took a lot of heat to cook off a shell. Very impressive stunt to do this with a Lasor in flight to a spinning shell.

[templar]

WWII and other fires involving shells it took a lot of heat to cook off a shell.

TNT is melted and cast like lead. I'm not sure what the melting point would be, but is seems more likely that the laser sets off the fuse rather than the charge.