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Comment by margalabargala

16 hours ago

I also wonder the extent to which the effectiveness is reduced by painting the projectile white or wrapping it in aluminum foil. Maybe 100kw is so large that it simply does not matter at that power level.

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simondotau  13 hours ago

I imagine that it depends greatly on the laser’s spectrum. Aluminium is a good reflector of infrared but not ultraviolet, for example.

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