On 25 Jun 2015 at 13:09, Tim wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 11:01:36PM +0200, Knapp wrote:
> > Have to ask Lenard, but if I remember correctly at those ranges
> > laser focus becomes a huge problem anyway.
>
> Yes, though there are ways around it.  The exact cause of weapons
> having some finite effective range isn't really important.  All that
> matters is that it exists, and is large in comparison to the relative
> distance that combatants can move in a second.

I believe they are referring to the diffraction limit which is
*really* hard to get around. It's based purely on physics. For a
given wavelength and aperture, there's a distance at which the beam
will defocus badly due to diffraction effects.

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