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They have made lasers that destroy land mines at a distance

R.L. — 4/14/2006 8:51:56 AM (archived)

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Laser Weapons Update - phil - 4/13/2006 4:26:57 PM
- Solid state lasers are the way - R.L. - 4/13/2006 8:13:29 PM
  - They have made lasers that destroy land mines at a distance (n/t) - R.L. - 4/14/2006 8:51:56 AM
    - FEL or YAG of DOOM! (n/t) - et - 4/14/2006 9:08:49 PM
  - re: Solid state lasers are the way - phil - 4/13/2006 9:59:22 PM
    - LEDs - Tom Brosz - 4/14/2006 4:26:40 AM
      - LED's have all sorts of nasties in them.... - et - 4/14/2006 6:08:05 PM
        
        Does that depend on the color? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/14/2006 6:19:06 PM
        
        Yep. - et - 4/14/2006 6:55:20 PM
        
        Heh. That's href not herf. - et - 4/14/2006 7:34:41 PM
        
        If we focused all that laser power upwards,,, - ljk - 4/15/2006 1:30:52 AM
        
        Telescope Spectrophotometric and Absolute Flux Calibration, and National Security Applications, Using a Tunable Laser on a Satellite - ljk - 4/18/2006 7:21:04 PM

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