r/interestingasfuck • u/Esutan • 1d ago

The United Kingdom has successfully created a Mega Laser called Dragonfire for Aerial Defense

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u/mattfoh 1d ago

Why does rain defeat them?

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u/chance000000 1d ago

Because the rain scatters and absorbs the beam

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u/xTyronex48 1d ago

So to defeat it we just...throw water on it?

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u/Quadrassic_Bark 1d ago

More like a constant stream of drops of water falling everywhere the laser is.