Video of Airplane Laser Hitting Truck

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by kkleiner • 17 years ago

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dpifke• 17 years ago

Anyone else think of the final scene in Real Genius when watching this video?

SkyMarshal• 17 years ago

No, I had a vision of some random protesters being 'poofed' out of existence in an instant.

wmf• 17 years ago

Yes, I was disappointed that the truck wasn't full of popcorn.

hughprime• 17 years ago

It obviously can't do very much to a truck, but I wonder what it would do to a human. Nothing very good, obviously, but how long would you need to keep it focused on someone before they dropped down, brain cooked? (I can't help but notice that the beam is approximately head-sized).

I wonder if a reflective helmet would be a decent countermeasure (or, dare I say it, a tinfoil hat?)

dustingetz• 17 years ago

that thing looks like it would disable you with major burn injuries with a 50ms pulse.

baguasquirrel• 17 years ago

You could, but then you'd be prancing around the battlefield in a very visible shiny thing. They wear camo for a reason.

TrevorJ• 17 years ago

It could be a second layer under an ablative layer of camo.

fuzzmeister• 17 years ago

I feel like I'm missing something about laser weaponry - couldn't you just paint your vehicles and such chrome?

wglb• 17 years ago

I would imagine reflective paint is kind of expensive. And does it reflect infrared as well?

Video of Airplane Laser Hitting Truck

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