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U.S. Military Freaking Out: Why Lasers Aren’t the 'Magic Bullet' Against Hypersonic Missiles
This presents problems when the laser needs time to burn through a target ... benefit to defense. Eventually, high-powered lasers will likely exceed the capabilities of systems like the 20mm ...
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Japanese startup plans to vaporize space junk using ground lasers
which will burn up. The EOS Space group currently supplies laser weapon systems to destroy drones, but high-powered lasers have other applications, too. EOS Space's executive vice president ...
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Smoke Some Weeds: Lasers Could Make Herbicide Obsolete
Weeds identified by a camera system can be targeted with high-powered lasers instead of using chemicals to destroy them. One such system has been developed by Carbon Robotics, and is known as the ...
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Ultraviolet lasers
The typical high-power ion laser of five years ... He pointed out that cutting LED wafers with YAG lasers at longer wavelengths produces burning around the edge of the cut. And diamond cutting ...