Talk:MIRACL

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[edit] Most Powerful

If this is not the most powerful, please list the alternatives on the talk page. Several sources say "most powerful", but I'll admit they may mean, most powerful CW laser, most powerful chemical laser, or most powerful laser for missile testing. I think the key is that it is continuous wave making it more powerful than pulse lasers with higher peak power but lower average power than a CW laser. --Dual Freq 11:24, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

• Most powerful lasers measure in petawatts, not megawatts. See chirped pulse amplification. Granted they are pulsed, but they clearly are more powerful. Give Peace A Chance 01:51, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Using radar as an example, a 10 kilowatt CW radar system that had a much higher average power than a 5 megawatt pulsed radar because of the pulse width and pulse repetition rate. 5 MW sounds higher than 10 KW, but the 10 KW is there 100% of the time, but a pulsed radar is only there for a few milliseconds at a time on the pulsed system. You'd need to know the duration of the pulse and the repetition rate of the pulses to determine the duty cycle and the more powerful of the two. --Dual Freq 02:24, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

• • It looks to me like this is adequately clear in the current version. Peppergrower 03:51, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Range?

Is there any information about the effective range of the laser when fired inside Earth's atmosphere? - Zelaron 11:21, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

• Added distance to the satellite that was disabled (432 km/268 mi). Peppergrower 03:51, 6 July 2007 (UTC)