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It's been done to death...
"The bad guys (whomever they are) launch a laser guided or television guided munition at your troops."

What if the missile then tracks the jammer? Most of the third world (dumb) missiles just go for the brightest spot in the filed of view. Terrorist don't generally have television guided ordinaces...

"Or you use it to blind a camera on a spy plane...
There appears to be a lot of uses for this technology..."

At Lockheed we developed a tank mounted mast that would scan a laser to find all of the lenses "looking" in our direction and then blast them to pieces with a directed energy weapon. Problem is that it worked way to well and was deemed to "horrific" to be used in combat. Also the probability of frying a "friendly" was too great. But you can bet, if you've thought of it, so have we, a long time ago.
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The terrorists will love this technology.  JonathonDoe | 09/19/05
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Be sure to remember that when ...  JonathonDoe | 09/19/05
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could be applied to the battelfield  woot! | 09/19/05
It's been done to death...  jacarter3 | 09/19/05
Hmmm! This prior usage should VOID any patent applications. (NT)  Update victim | 09/19/05
2 things  maxo_z | 09/19/05
I can appreciate your point...  SysAn63 | 09/20/05
You haven't thought it through...  mlynch1234 | 09/20/05
Give it a rest and try working your brain  jacarter3 | 09/19/05
"But you can't confiscate a phone"  BitTwiddler | 09/19/05
ROTFL New tech knocks out digital cameras  Palmyra | 09/19/05
Has inventor heard about polarizers eliminating glare?  FirstNLastN | 09/19/05
Now...  rapson | 09/19/05
There are some solutions to that  voska | 09/19/05
(NT) Linky link?  Jack-Booted EULA | 09/19/05
Be careful, you might fry your own electronics.  osreinstall | 09/19/05
They have that already  Jeff Spicoli | 09/19/05
Blurry pictures and blast of light  Boot_Agnostic | 09/19/05
The article indicates DIGITAL cameras, but  Update victim | 09/19/05
Been using it a long time.  escapepod | 09/19/05
That's a felony in Kalifornia.  bookmonger | 09/19/05
True, if pointed at "people".  escapepod | 09/19/05
Anyone that knows anything about cameras  rock06r | 09/20/05
Reflective surfaces?  Dr_Zinj | 09/20/05
Your Kidding Right?  GTO_Patrick | 09/20/05
The London Bmobers....  GTO_Patrick | 09/20/05
Another Terrorism Thought  GTO_Patrick | 09/20/05

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