Comment on DragonFire: UK fires high-power laser at aerial targets for first time - with 'intense beam of light' able to cut through drones
But is this the same type of light? We’re talking about pure heat damage, how do mirrors reflect heat?
Lasers don’t send heat. Lasers send light energy that is absorbed by the surface and radiates it as heat.
If a mirror was 100% effective it would work, but the tiny bit that bits the backing of the mirror will melt it and then it’ll cascade.
Shadow@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Lasers don’t send heat. Lasers send light energy that is absorbed by the surface and radiates it as heat.
If a mirror was 100% effective it would work, but the tiny bit that bits the backing of the mirror will melt it and then it’ll cascade.