BTW...... Here's what the internet has to say about your claim that the atmosphere makes it impossible to shine a laser 200 miles.

https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/135047/DH_18.pdf

Airborne lasers. The range of the ABL system (on the order of 200 miles) and its mission of boost phase intercept against Scud missiles, rather than ICBMs, would greatly limit its utility against Russia or China, where missile silos are at considerably greater distances than 200 miles from their borders

https://greydynamics.com/yal-1-boeings-airborne-laser-system/

Practicality: The range of the YAL-1s COIL is only 200 miles, meaning that it would need to penetrate hostile airspace to counter ballistic missile launches

200 miles is only it's EFFECTIVE range... Meaning the range at which the laser still carries enough energy to destroy a missile. If you are measuring how far the light might be still be detectable from it's going to be SIGNIFICANTLY farther than 200 miles.

And lastly, your fucking idea of eyeballing a laser pointer using a lake and calling it level is stupid because that's subjective and allows you to point the laser wherever you want.

You will simply coordinate with someone on the other side adjusting the laser in the slightest increments until it hit's exactly where you want and then you will call it "perfectly level" with no objective instrument to verify your claim and a source of "trust me bro, I looked at it real good".

I'm not unblocking you FYI.... Just debunking your final red herring.... Well, I'm sure not your FINAL red herring... Just the final one I'm gonna put up with....