[extropy-chat] LASER: DARPA's HELLADS small laser weapon makes headway

[Rik van Riel]

On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Dirk Bruere wrote:
> On 9/1/05, Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technovel_darpa_lasers_050830.html
> 
> Better hope the enemy doesn't catch on to wrapping their mortar rounds 
> etc in carbon fibre mat.

Or making the surface have corner cubes.  With small
enough ones it may even have beneficial aerodynamic
properties.

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