Eye Danger
"Unless they chose a wavelength that the eye is opaque to then lots of blinded people from even a tiny fraction of the laser energy being scattered back is the not-so great alternative."
Don't be daft. The mortar round absorbs the vast majority of the laser energy. That's why it BLOWS UP when they shoot it. It is conceivable that a small amount of energy might reflect off some shiny part of the mortar round for the fraction of a picosecond before it does... except that it's a frickin' MORTAR ROUND, not a disco ball. They're generally painted non-reflective olive drab so, y'know, they match the rest of the Army's stuff?
Are you people not capable of simple reason?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
