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[–] eleitl@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

The small drones do not require a long range use, since you are going to detect them only late, and need to terminate them within few seconds.

I have seen an improvised optics on a Youtube channel where a 2 kW continuous operation fiber laser had enough energy flux at 100 m or farther.