Laser tree trimmer - GIF

[hemmjo]

Since we have morphed into shooting down balloons. This is an interesting article. Balloons are not really that easy to shoot down.

[Frank S]

70,000 ft is a really big ask. The beam divergence on these types of lasers is generally quite bad. Most lasers really. The laser dot would probably spread out to be a few feet wide by the time you're a couple miles out, at which point it's delivering about the same amount of heat (per unit area) as the sun does on a nice day. If somebody aimed the laser at you and pulled the trigger it would feel kinda nice. If you're at 10+ miles the beam has diverged so much that it's basically nothing. I think some of the high end military stuff can pull it off though. Popping those balloons really is a difficult problem.

I doubt that even the high-end military stuff could do much more than paint the surface to serve as a guidance, any more than a 408 cheyTac ULRR projectile would even come close to reaching the target height.

[Toolmaker51]

When ever those super quick advertising videos run, ie tree lasers and most ridiculous face mask of all time, I immediately discount the material. Secondarily, in abject rejection to where those come from.
Jingoistic? Maybe.
Unfair stereotyping? Possibly.
Am I being a jerk, or has this become a conditioned reaction?

[bob_3000]

You would think YouTube would be cluttered with videos of this if it were true.

Of course it's fake, it's done as a gag.

[Toolmaker51]

A gag sufficient to entice unwary orders for products that never arrive.

[joeljensen]

They missed the bark on the side of the log closest to the charred burn. Those pieces would have been cut first. The unburned side is where I would have expected bark strips.

[imohtep56]

What could go wrong he asks...

[blackmon]

Fakest thing I have seen in a while.

[blackmon]

I see some of you still think this is real.

[hemmjo]

I see some of you still think this is real.

I saw it on the internet!! It MUST be real!!