Ultra-short duration pulse lasers

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

According to this, they actually can at the extreme end of the scale, because superheating the material apparently makes it become transparent to some radiation around the x-ray range.

Not sure where you're seeing that, it's not in the link. Hard X-rays and gamma rays can pass through limited amounts of defenses without making a hole, but that doesn't have anything to do with drilling mechanisms. The most relevant thing on that site is http://panoptesv.com/SciFi/LaserDeat...eFromLaser.php.