Talk:Soviet laser pistol

A hoax, but not a WP:HOAX?
Hi all,

I have serious doubts whether this weapon ever existed at all, even in prototype form. All the references, such as they are, seem to point back to "http://arvsn.mil.ru/foto/fmus4.html", a page on a website that no longer exists. Nevertheless, mentions of "Soviet laser pistol" are all over teh interwebs. Move to Soviet laser pistol hoax perhaps?

--Shirt58 (talk) 10:20, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I've read an article about these laser guns in 1995 "Oruzhie" magazine (in fact, here are scans for verification sake: page 1, page 2). Might I ask you why should it be a hoax? A portable laser for burning through spacesuits and damaging optical sensors was well within the range of cold war technology. 70.27.64.82 (talk) 18:23, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi all

here's what a spacuit is : the wikipedia page The amount of energy required to burn throught that would be considerable, and even considering man-portable lazer for that task is completely irrealist. The pact about pucturing spacesuits should be scrapped. 212.224.240.139 (talk) 10:48, 12 October 2014 (UTC)