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https://www.darpa.mil/news/2025/darpa-program-distance-record-power-beaming https://www.darpa.mil/news/2025/darpa-program-distance-recor... It works like that,
by lightedman 1y ago
https://www.darpa.mil/news/2025/darpa-program-distance-record-power-beaming https://www.darpa.mil/news/2025/darpa-program-distance-recor...
It works like that, and I was sending 10w down fiber optics back when I worked in solar panel manufacturing.
- Dylan16807 1y ago10w going a small distance, sure. This page doesn't say how much light was lost over the 5 miles. So I'll put it this way: If you lose just 1% every 5 miles, then by the time you go 2000 miles across an ocean you've lost 98% of your power.