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[Idiom]

I've known about these things for some time. First conceptual usage was intercepting and shooting down ICBMs into the ocean.

[Luke_Prowler]

Lasers are not nearly as impresive as you would think. if it was actually possible to make a portible lazgun, it would be good for one shot, propably just make a small hole at best, and it would just cauterize it.

Not that it couldn't kill you.

[Leafsnail]

Lasers are not nearly as impresive as you would think. if it was actually possible to make a portible lazgun, it would be good for one shot, propably just make a small hole at best, and it would just cauterize it.

Not that it couldn't kill you.

Certainly hand held star wars style lasers aren't very impressive.  But the lasers attached to planes... are something else.  Rather powerful, although the entire plane tends to be weighed down by it.

It is also worth noting that lasers can be used against missiles.  Weak(ish) lasers can be used to frazzle the sensors of heat seeking missiles, and bigger lasers can, apprarently, take down mortar rounds.

[Muz]

Lasers are useful mainly because of the speed.. nothing can move faster, not can you deploy some countermeasure with a laser like you would against a missile. They're poor as typical weapons, but awesome as precision ones.

I would appreciate the development of lasers as a weapon, because it would lead into further research into compact power sources. Which means Iron Man armor. And laser guns, of course.

[Virex]

and it would just cauterize it.

Actualy (or luckely for the gore-lovers here) a weapon grade laser wouldn't carturize the wound. When the laser strikes, the tissue around the impact hole starts to boil instead and that makes for some pretty ugly wounds.

[Dakk]

Lasers are useful mainly because of the speed.. nothing can move faster, not can you deploy some countermeasure with a laser like you would against a missile. They're poor as typical weapons, but awesome as precision ones.

I would appreciate the development of lasers as a weapon, because it would lead into further research into compact power sources. Which means Iron Man armor. And laser guns, of course.

We're all heading towards IRL fallout day, it seems, soon enough some company will be building vaults, canada invaded, and 10% of the world's population turned into mutants and ghouls.

Sounds awesome, i'm in.

[Muz]

and it would just cauterize it.

Actualy (or luckely for the gore-lovers here) a weapon grade laser wouldn't carturize the wound. When the laser strikes, the tissue around the impact hole starts to boil instead and that makes for some pretty ugly wounds.

Well, according to a certain engineer, a weapons grade laser will causterize it instantly. Heck, you probably won't even feel it, even if it goes right through you. A weak laser would cause some nasty wounds, as will disturbing the causterized wound. Seriously.

Oh, I made a mistake with the power source link. This is a better one. Just have to shrink it.