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dpifke
Anyone else think of the final scene in Real Genius when watching this video?
SkyMarshal
No, I had a vision of some random protesters being 'poofed' out of existence in an instant.
wmf
Yes, I was disappointed that the truck wasn't full of popcorn.
hughprime
It obviously can't do very much to a truck, but I wonder what it would do to a human. Nothing very good, obviously, but how long would you need to keep it focused on someone before they dropped down, brain cooked? (I can't help but notice that the beam is approximately head-sized).

I wonder if a reflective helmet would be a decent countermeasure (or, dare I say it, a tinfoil hat?)

dustingetz
that thing looks like it would disable you with major burn injuries with a 50ms pulse.
baguasquirrel
You could, but then you'd be prancing around the battlefield in a very visible shiny thing. They wear camo for a reason.
TrevorJ
It could be a second layer under an ablative layer of camo.
fuzzmeister
I feel like I'm missing something about laser weaponry - couldn't you just paint your vehicles and such chrome?
wglb
I would imagine reflective paint is kind of expensive. And does it reflect infrared as well?