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In response to
"I was just reading about the military using lasers to bring down missiles, planes, etc (years away still) and I'm curious: What limits the range"
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TWuG
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the atmosphere itself obsorbs, disperses the light, I mean the reason our sky is blue is cause the sun's rays hit the air and scatters, also when the
Posted by
zeitgeist
Jan 20 '11, 19:12
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laser is working on the target, the vapor of burning material isulates and protects the rest of it, so in laser engraving they pulse it to allow it to disperse
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