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That's the real advantage of the lasers. The beams will essentially travel at the speed of light. At 10 miles, and a C of 186,000 miles per second, that's 10/18
by killface 12y ago
That's the real advantage of the lasers. The beams will essentially travel at the speed of light. At 10 miles, and a C of 186,000 miles per second, that's 10/186000 seconds to go 10 miles. At that distance, refraction and diffusion are probably bigger problems than anything.
- oofabz 12y agoI bet you could handle refraction by tracking the target optically, using a camera of the same wavelength as the laser light. The refraction would be the same in both directions.