Re: Laser protection

On Feb 8, 8:42=A0am, Remus Shepherd <re...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> IsaacKuo <mech...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > At 300,000km or more, visible/UV lasers would have to
> > be implausibly large and bulky to work. =A0X-ray lasers
> > could be rather compact and 300,000km would actually
> > be short range for them. =A0Those lasers can't be reflected
> > by any sort of laser armor. =A0

> =A0 =A0With X-ray lasers, are we getting into the power range where a
plas=
ma
> ****eld might be useful?

Not really, since fully ionized plasma is more or less transparent to
X-rays, and partially ionized plasma is closer to fully ionized plasma
than solid "armor".

Isaac Kuo