system
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human
[Future] Would a laser weapon have recoil?
gpt
Technically, yes but for all practical purposes, no. Light does have momentum. However the recoil would be so low, far, far, far below that of the equivalent projectile weapon, that you would never feel it. You'd have to scale up the power to much, much higher levels and use a continuous beam for a long time before you'd even start to notice it, let alone before it became an issue.