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Originally Posted by Fuzz
This is easy to negate. Just chrome-dip your drones.
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Ok, I'm not a laser guy, or a physics guy, but chrome doesn't work against every laser type. The Chinese have talked about it to defend against American lasers but it wouldn't work in every case. And while Chrome would be fairly effective I would get against lasers, the more power that's put through the laser the faster that chrome coating would degrade.
I saw this on a physics board. Thanks you made me do physics reading on a Saturday you bastard
The minimum threshold of a US Military laser is 100 kw, which means that if the chrome coating in 99.9% effective that still means that 10 Watts of directed energy would get through which is equivalent to an industrial laser cutter. So according to that person, the Chrome coating would be damaged and flake off leaving it vulnerable. And we're talking about military lasers that in theory will be much more powerful.
Also the chrome coating or mirror would be effectively against a frequency, so if the American laser can be frequency adjusted the coating because somewhat less effective.
The link to the discussion is here.
https://www.physicsforums.com/thread...lasers.814686/