Death lasers VS Mirrors

[Yuval]

Just though about this, would mirrors deflect high power lasers or be destroyed by them?

[Samdb]

[CoolBeans]

[Joshua]

Although mirrors reflect the majority of radiation that they hit, they do absorb a tiny fraction, so get one powerful enough and that will happen. The glass in front of the mirror is the same, however they don't reflect most of the radiation, the transmit it.

[TheRetiredSlave]

Like Joshua said, the mirror would reflect the majority of the energy from the laser. However, since no mirrors are 100% efficient, some of the energy would be transferred into the mirror, damaging it. (and the more it gets damaged, the less efficient it would become, making the damage caused to the mirror to become greater)

[Art Vandelay]

probably melt because no mirror is 100% reflective.