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Article #16697Re: Laser gunsights (was: Info on CO2lasers wanted
From: Wouter Slegers
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 12:44
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 12:44
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jeh@cmkrnl.com wrote:
: In article <6802@tuegate.tue.nl>, wouter@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Wouter Slegers) writes:
: > I'd like to get some info CO2-lasers... I read the following on a BBS..
: > If anyone has a sequel on this, please email it to me..
: > [...]
: > LASER WEAPONRY / PART 1 / LASER SIGHTS
: > [...]
:
: I don't know about the circuitry provided... but the stuff in there about a
: 2 mW HeNe laser being dangerous to human eyes is complete bunk.
:
This is not quit true: a 2 mW laser is enough concentrated to damage the eye
tissue if your looking right into it..
: I would also point out that the claim of "perfect targetting" for a laser
: gunsight just isn't so -- elevation and windage still are factors -- and that
Correct, but it does give some extra targetting info..
: *seeing* the dot of light from a 2 mW laser at any reasonable distance, in
: anything other than pitch blackness, is damned near impossible.
:
: --- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
: Internet: jeh@cmkrnl.com, hanrahan@eisner.decus.org, or jeh@crash.cts.com
: Uucp: ...{crash,eisner,uunet}!cmkrnl!jeh
The file I appended to my message is not very good, I know (I downloaded it
from a weird BBS). I appended it in the hope someone would have the sequel
and would post/mail it.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!blade.stack.urc.tue.nl!wouter From: wouter@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Wouter Slegers) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Laser gunsights (was: Info on CO2lasers wanted Message-ID: <6899@tuegate.tue.nl> Date: 8 Jan 93 12:44:28 GMT References: <1993Jan6.191934.1085@cmkrnl.com> Sender: root@tuegate.tue.nl Organization: MCGV Stack, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. Lines: 39 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]