Talk:Electrolaser

message: According to this article, the only use for this technology is for killing and maiming humans.  What about the applications for frictionless commutation and drilling?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shanjaq (talk • contribs) 09:19, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The bias is due to the funding sources. If you expect to get paid for doing research, you need to bow and scrape towards the funding agency with the deepest pockets. Also, companies with longstanding records of winning bids for weapons systems will tend to always present new developments as weaponry.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.215.115.31 (talk) 16:11, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: @99.215.115.31 Then what about the legality of civilian use with a gun licence? 72.83.128.234 (talk) 17:39, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

text: I just found a relevant  paper published in Nature, where the authors successfully used a Tesla coil to keep the plasma channel alive and increase the range from centimeters to meters, limited by the ominidirectional transmission from the Tesla coil (which they suggest replacing with a directional source). They do not mention usage as a weapon, and it seems their main vision is to control lightning. Elias (talk) 11:44, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biased usage scenario 

message: Since vehicles act as faraday cages, wouldn't even the strongest electrolaser be completely useless against them? Malamockq 05:32, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As for a laser-induced plasma channel passing through a window, yes it would be able to (once again, this is my opinion), because it is formed by heating the air, and I think we can be pretty certain that a window will not offer very much protection against that. It's not something that comes from the gun, it's created in situ by the laser beam. In regards to effectiveness on vehicles, I am still researching this myself, although I admit that sources on this are scant at best. Even if it could not affect vehicles, however, it remains a useful tool.
In the event that I find any useful sources on the matter, I will update the article.211.30.132.2 13:00, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Even if the vehicle were not grounded, I suppose the high voltage between the car and the ground could bridge the gap with a spark, if that closed the circuit with least resistance. Please correct me if I am wrong. Elias (talk) 11:21, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Useless against vehicles? 

message: This bit is a mess.  I removed "Ionatron is not presently field testing LIPC weapons in Iraq." as there isn't any question raised elsewhere about this, and it's also unsourced.  I also removed qualification around the fact it develops these sort of weapons for the US, as Reuters confirms it.  See http://stocks.us.reuters.com/stocks/fullDescription.asp?symbol=IOTN  I'd go head and fix all that sourcing stuff myself, but I'm lazy and tired right now, so I'll leave it to someone else.  :)  --Micah Hainline 03:55, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ionatron 

message: There is way too much "this MIGHT BE an electrolaser" in this article, uncited, unsourced. Not cool. I don't know about the topic so maybe that is a widely held conclusion and not OR, but it needs to be cited if so. --24.147.86.187 (talk) 15:06, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The authors of this Nature paper successfully used a Tesla coil to keep the laser-induced plasma channel alive and increase the range from centimeters to meters, limited by the ominidirectional transmission from the Tesla coil (which they suggest replacing with a directional source). They do not mention usage as a weapon, and it seems their main vision is to control lightning. Elias (talk) 11:46, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations needed OR lots of speculation

message: Is there a mistake in this sentence: "The final voltage may be between 10^8 and 10^9 volts."? Since when have there ever been transformers with 1GV winding insulation? Ilikefood (talk) 18:57, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Voltage 

message: *How big (including and excluding power supply) are electrolasers, for each sort of powerfulness? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 04:57, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Size? 

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