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"Struck in the eyes" actually gets more and more broad as you get into the range we're talking about. I doubt a 5KW laser would reliably penetrate body armor, but it would be a blinding hazard to everyone within miles, as even reflections of it off of matte surfaces like concrete or stone, even...

As long as you dont compare us to... everyone else.

I cant imagine there is an accurate way to measure the difference between getting your arm blown off and dying slowly of bloodloss and shock and getting your arm burned off in the same time frame and dying slowly of more or less the same thing.

Awesome just so long as we never fight within ten miles of a civilian ever again we only have to worry about the occasional permanent blinding of our personnel if they ever have their goggles off for any reason. Think about a world where every ND can blind half a company. You'd basically have...

The worst part is with high intensity lasers even an indirect glance, or seeing a reflection, or a reflection of a reflection, even seeing the dot on a non reflective surface, can instantly blind you.

I would not boil down what it takes to kill a person or damage a tank into a number of Joules, there are loads of variables.

Penetrate armor out to a mile and a half? Blind everyone within ten miles every time it's turned on.