From: jamesd@echeque.com
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 19:07:00 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: [NOISE] What is "laser material"?
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>>   The Washington Post, April 25, 1996, p. A12.
>>
>>   Army officials envision the
>>   Nautilus would be beamed from a truck capable of firing 50
>>   shots before requiring more laser material. 

At 09:05 PM 4/25/96 -0700, Bill Frantz wrote:
> Does anyone have any idea what "more laser material" means?

It is a chemically pumped laser.  The lasing material is driven
to population inversion by a shock wave passing through explosive
material.  There is a loud bang, and all the optics go to hell for
a while.
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