Ultra-short duration pulse lasers

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by Anthony

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.

It is in fact the whole subject of the specific page I linked:
"The light in the vacuum ultraviolet, extreme ultraviolet, and soft x-ray region of the spectrum has unique properties that render death rays that use pulses of these wavelength significantly different from the effects of near visible blasters.... They easily penetrate the energetic plasmas they create, allowing the beam to pass through and drill deeply."