Laser Weapon Operational

[Surgenator]

I doubt that information would make much of a difference. If I had to guess, they are using blue lasers. They are probably make a wide dispersion angle to mess with communication. When they want to burn something, they make the dispersion angle as small as possible.

I'd imagine the operating frequency of a laser weapon would be useful information to an opponent.

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Here's the photo with the article:

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I think they're doing more than interfering with comm, as is also indicated by this paragraph:

Klunder said that the device is not powerful enough to destroy “frigate-sized vessels,” but said that there was a 150 kilowatt laser weapon – five times as powerful as the one mounted on the Ponce – currently in development.

They're using this as a weapon to repel small craft, according to the article.

Thats why I think it's a blue laser. The luminisity doesn't need to be too high to melt through metal with a blue laser. A UV laser would have more energy per photon, but the article mentioned a "dazzle" option. This suggest to me that they're still operating in the visible light range.