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In article <3A01A8B7.FD4DD154@pacbell.net>, lin### [at] povray org
wrote:
> No. If the object being attacked is well shielded or grounded the weapon
> is useless because the energy is shunted away doing no damage. Commercial
> airlines, for example, are specifically designed to take several direct
> lightning strikes throught the life of the aircraft which causes no damage
> to them.
Lightning doesn't have a powerful laser ionizing the air between it's
origin and it's target...insulative shielding would have to be some kind
of ceramic to block the laser as well. And grounding can be a bit
difficult in mid air.
The best defense against this weapon would probably be a Faraday cage
with highly reflective ceramic armor, with a very good ground. It might
work well on large numbers of people, though. Mob control drones? Royal
guard?
It now looks about human-height, still far too small for someone to be
inside in my opinion.
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Christopher James Huff
Personal: chr### [at] mac com, http://homepage.mac.com/chrishuff/
TAG: chr### [at] tag povray org, http://tag.povray.org/
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