Laser Defense

what would happen if someone walked in front of that. bad sun burn?

How about we put all of these lazers around the US coastlines.....and then stop wasting money on going to war and be peaceful at home....

Awesome

this is the future

perfect! all weapons, planes, misiles, bullets now will be covered with mirror to reflect the laser

WWII scientists would be surprised; we finally built that death ray they had been fantasizing about.

its amazing that this can be done but the problem is obvious. if its busy tracking moving objects then surely at its firing its beam if the target dips behind the nearby terrain what will it fire at? is it going to fire microwaves at a biulding that happens to get in the way?

Well that is hardly a challenge for the programmers -- simply have a lower bound limit for the angle it is allowed to track and engage the target at, where said limit is above the roof tops of the buildings in question.

Thats one high rez radar at work.