In article <3A01A8B7.FD4DD154@pacbell.net>, lin### [at] povrayorg 
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
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