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Laser Weapon Operational
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RE: Laser Weapon Operational
December 12, 2014 at 1:27 am (This post was last modified: December 12, 2014 at 1:29 am by vorlon13.)
If the energy in the beam is too high, it will start heating the air in the beam significantly. This changes the density of that air, and the effect will defocus the beam.

A defocused laser is just an annoyingly bright light.
(and I know the proper term is decollimate, but defocus gets the idea across to the audience without some of them having to wiki 'decollimate')
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Laser Weapon Operational - by Minimalist - December 11, 2014 at 1:06 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by thesummerqueen - December 11, 2014 at 1:09 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by vorlon13 - December 11, 2014 at 1:11 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Violet - December 13, 2014 at 4:13 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Tonus - December 11, 2014 at 1:16 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Anomalocaris - December 11, 2014 at 1:20 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Heywood - December 11, 2014 at 1:45 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Anomalocaris - December 11, 2014 at 3:33 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Heywood - December 11, 2014 at 4:05 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Anomalocaris - December 11, 2014 at 4:13 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Heywood - December 11, 2014 at 4:33 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Minimalist - December 11, 2014 at 5:58 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Cyberman - December 11, 2014 at 7:32 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Jackalope - December 11, 2014 at 8:32 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Anomalocaris - December 12, 2014 at 1:19 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Cyberman - December 12, 2014 at 10:20 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by nik - December 13, 2014 at 7:44 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by thesummerqueen - December 11, 2014 at 1:21 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Thumpalumpacus - December 11, 2014 at 1:29 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Anomalocaris - December 11, 2014 at 3:22 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Thumpalumpacus - December 11, 2014 at 3:38 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Anomalocaris - December 11, 2014 at 3:41 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Mister Agenda - December 11, 2014 at 1:33 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by The Grand Nudger - December 11, 2014 at 1:48 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Jackalope - December 11, 2014 at 2:10 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Tonus - December 11, 2014 at 2:10 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by vorlon13 - December 11, 2014 at 2:34 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Minimalist - December 11, 2014 at 2:59 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Thumpalumpacus - December 11, 2014 at 3:10 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by vorlon13 - December 11, 2014 at 3:13 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Cato - December 11, 2014 at 3:17 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by thesummerqueen - December 11, 2014 at 3:16 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Tonus - December 11, 2014 at 3:19 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Jackalope - December 11, 2014 at 6:31 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by LastPoet - December 13, 2014 at 1:06 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by John V - December 11, 2014 at 3:24 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Tonus - December 11, 2014 at 3:25 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Thumpalumpacus - December 11, 2014 at 3:52 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Anomalocaris - December 11, 2014 at 3:58 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Thumpalumpacus - December 11, 2014 at 4:01 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Tonus - December 11, 2014 at 4:03 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by The Valkyrie - December 11, 2014 at 4:15 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by The Grand Nudger - December 11, 2014 at 4:43 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by thesummerqueen - December 11, 2014 at 4:56 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by simplemoss - December 11, 2014 at 6:15 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Surgenator - December 11, 2014 at 6:59 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Jackalope - December 11, 2014 at 7:01 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Cato - December 11, 2014 at 7:37 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by The Valkyrie - December 11, 2014 at 7:02 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Surgenator - December 11, 2014 at 7:05 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Thumpalumpacus - December 11, 2014 at 7:40 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Surgenator - December 12, 2014 at 12:32 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Heywood - December 12, 2014 at 12:53 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Surgenator - December 12, 2014 at 1:08 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Thumpalumpacus - December 12, 2014 at 1:09 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Surgenator - December 12, 2014 at 1:16 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Thumpalumpacus - December 12, 2014 at 11:12 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Heywood - December 12, 2014 at 3:26 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Thumpalumpacus - December 12, 2014 at 3:34 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Minimalist - December 11, 2014 at 8:28 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by thesummerqueen - December 11, 2014 at 8:03 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Jackalope - December 11, 2014 at 8:34 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Minimalist - December 12, 2014 at 12:54 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by vorlon13 - December 12, 2014 at 1:00 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by SteelCurtain - December 12, 2014 at 1:11 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by vorlon13 - December 12, 2014 at 1:27 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Surgenator - December 12, 2014 at 1:40 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by The Grand Nudger - December 12, 2014 at 10:44 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Anomalocaris - December 12, 2014 at 3:45 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by thesummerqueen - December 12, 2014 at 10:45 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by The Grand Nudger - December 12, 2014 at 10:48 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by The Grand Nudger - December 13, 2014 at 7:35 am
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Thumpalumpacus - December 13, 2014 at 12:13 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by vorlon13 - December 13, 2014 at 12:32 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Whateverist - December 13, 2014 at 4:29 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Chad32 - December 13, 2014 at 5:51 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Cyberman - December 13, 2014 at 5:56 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Thumpalumpacus - December 13, 2014 at 7:30 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Cyberman - December 13, 2014 at 7:37 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Thumpalumpacus - December 13, 2014 at 7:43 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 13, 2014 at 7:39 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by Cyberman - December 13, 2014 at 7:55 pm
RE: Laser Weapon Operational - by thesummerqueen - December 13, 2014 at 10:00 pm

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