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Oh, on the ground? I thought the article mentioned having the lasers in orbit, presumably to avoid atmospheric blurring. So it’s not just things in orbit that
by Roboprog 8y ago
Oh, on the ground? I thought the article mentioned having the lasers in orbit, presumably to avoid atmospheric blurring.
So it’s not just things in orbit that are targets, it’s stuff on the ground, as well.
Be the first on your block to have one, I guess.
- ChuckMcM 8y agoGround is where the power supply is. Although an orbital laser with enough solar panels would probably work as well. Same issue though, except now you have a 100GW laser that is able to point to many different places on the ground from where its orbital position. Even if it is short duration, 1mS @ 100GW imparts as much energy as 100MW over 1 second, or 1 MW for a bit longer than a minute and a half.