>>51080898CO2 lasers are easy as fuck to make, but the ~9.4um light gets happens to match the peak absorption of ozone molecules.
Deuterium fluoride lases at 3.8um, which doesn't interact with any common atmospheric molecules, but you're basically burning heavy water to fire the fucking things.
>>51080068the government is already trying to make these things, and the ones strong enough to do material damage cost tens of millions to make.
solid-state ~100kW lasers are on the horizon, but you'd need 9-figure research budget and security cleared engineers to develop one.
