
October 31st, 2003, 12:40 AM
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Re: Laser Cannons --> Military --> Spam
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why would a laser have recoil?
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Because photons have momentum, and momentum is conserved. All the momemtum in photons going forward has to be matched by the momentum of everything else going backwards.
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