From Newsgroup: aus.legal
In aus.science Anonymous <
mix@oc2mx.net> wrote:
Video on Yutoob of a bloke who made a 1000 W hand-held laser
from components that are recently available in the USA.
He burns wood and aluminium cans 40 feet away.
Laser cutters have been around for years and available to anyone
with the money, including diode laser types that are easier to make
portable.
You wouldn't want Sovcits and ISIS terrorists getting their
hands on something like this.
Or the Americans themselves, when they try to shoot down balloons
thinking they're drones and shutdown airspace in the region in the
process:
https://www.twz.com/news-features/airspace-closure-over-laser-weapon-use-a-glaring-example-of-drone-defense-policy-struggles
Of course anyone can buy the bits anyway, they've been all over
Ebay or Aliexpress for over a decade.
At that power, stray reflections would be a hazard to passing
strangers, and even the user.
Apparantly the FAA agrees they might be a hazard to aircraft.
Doubly so when operators of any real Mexican drug drones realise
they can cover them with mirrors to reflect CBP's laser beams.
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