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    Quote Originally Posted by Martinus
    Sounds cools.

    I have heard of some kind of microwave gun that makes people sick.

    Also I once on a program called "Future Fighting Machines" they spoke about a laser system that could shoot down incoming shells. I like it was called TEAD. Has even one heard of this?

    Imagine a weapon that can shoot down planes, shells, missiles, bombs, ICBMs, then be used to destroy tanks and people. You could build a fortress and cover it in laser weapons. That would be cool. No more hiding in underground bunkers.

    Heres an idea... mirrors! ;) Id like to see what happens when I fire my reflective armour coated missile at your fortress... good luck! :)
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    Heres an idea... mirrors! ;) Id like to see what happens when I fire my reflective armour coated missile at your fortress... good luck! :)
    No mirror is perfectly 100% reflective. Whatever energy isn't getting reflected is heating/burning up the target. So with very powerful lasers, mirrors could offer some protection but not immunity. Depending on the reflectiveness of the mirror, the range of frequencies it reflects, and the frequency and power of the laser, the mirror could be melted through in no time.

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    Also note that any minor damage to "mirror armor" caused by heating would likely snowball rapidly into catastrophic damage. The imperfection would reduce reflectiveness, causing more heating energy to be absorbed, causing further imperfection, exponentially.

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    Big problem with lasers would be little things like smoke, dust, rain, fog, snow...pretty much anything that blocks line of sight or scatters the beam.

    I also wonder how you could maintain a bead on the same point on a rotating round? And would it matter if a round was a kinetic energy round instead of high explosive?
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