Why don't they mention directed energy weapons? A couple of reasons: Damage thresholds of plastic lasers are quite low. To use this thing as a weapon, you need a lot of power coming out of it, much more than it can handle. And for those of us who haven't been outside in a while, the sky is actually blue. This is because Rayleigh scattering goes as the 4th power of the frequency. Scattering attenuation will be severe.
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Why don't they mention directed energy weapons? A couple of reasons: Damage thresholds of plastic lasers are quite low. To use this thing as a weapon, you need a lot of power coming out of it, much more than it can handle. And for those of us who haven't been outside in a while, the sky is actually blue. This is because Rayleigh scattering goes as the 4th power of the frequency. Scattering attenuation will be severe.