Raytheon discloses future lasers that can stop hypersonic missiles

Re:Raytheon discloses future lasers that can stop hypersonic... by dibujante on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @01:06PM (#19972092)

Wouldn't there be more atmospheric interference shooting up than down?

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Re:Raytheon discloses future lasers that can stop hypersonic... by Depooty on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @02:53PM (#19973534)

I imagine it depends on the altitude of the object the laser is targeting. Say if there was a missile flying along the edge of the mesosphere vs a missile 1 km above ground.

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