Reply to post: Re: Isn't there a standard defence against lasers?

Pentagon fastens lasers to military drones to zap missiles out of the skies

Mark 85

Re: Isn't there a standard defence against lasers?

They all use mirrors. It's the mirror material that is variable. Some use silver, gold. I recall that there's some that use stainless steel. The common silver mirror only works for some lasers. If you get into RF lasers (not light), they're using something else.

As a side note, the mirror reflecting material has to be on the "outside" of the substrate. IOW, on a wall mirror, the mirror material would be on the front or viewer side, not the back or wall side.

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