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   From: pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net   
      
   Chris Jones  wrote:   
   > On 27/01/2024 8:41 am, Phil Hobbs wrote:   
   >> Back in 1967, during the Vietnam War and soon after the invention of the   
   >> laser, some bright spark working for the military came up with this   
   >> scheme for killing enemy snipers: you send out a broad collimated laser   
   >> beam from a scope, and shoot a .50-caliber round at the places where you   
   >> see those bright red-eye glints.ÿ With perfect aim, that would send a   
   >> bullet right through the poor guy's sniper scope, but anywhere close   
   >> would probably be sufficient.ÿ So naturally our bright spark filed a   
   >> patent on the idea of sending out a collimated laser beam and detecting   
   >> the back-reflection.   
   >   
   > Sounds like one would want a scope that is not only telescopic but also   
   > periscopic.   
   >   
      
   It would be nice to have it a meter off to one side!   
      
   Of course parallax is a problem.   
      
   Cheers   
      
   Phil Hobbs   
      
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