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[-] yesman@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I watched a video yesterday about the laser range finder on a tank. The interesting thing is that at long enough ranges, the laser expands into a cone that may be bigger than the target and give inaccurate readings.

Anyway, I look forward to this totally real and feasible technology.

[-] dsilverz@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 months ago

Exactly, a laser pointer, while casting a millimeter-sized dot of light at short distances, its light easily gets meter-sized when they reach flight cruise heights, shining airplane's cabins and interfering with the pilot's vision. However, as by inverse square law, the power is distributed across the beam.

[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

So you're saying a space orbiting death ray will cast an area large enough to generate solar power eh? HEY ELON!

[-] dsilverz@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 months ago
[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

So a really big death ray? Perhaps some sort of doomsday device?

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