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there have been development since then. range can be considerably extended now even without upping the power.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: stormbringer1701
Lasers aren't the greatest thing ever. One of the reasons the YAL-1 was canceled, despite hitting all its goals, easily, was because the range was so low. They had to be practically orbiting the launch site to hit a boosting missile. They'll be great for short range, CIWS type situations, not so much for ICBMs.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Vasa Croe
By what? Our Ground Based Interceptors that missed more often than hit in testing? You know, the ones that are guided by the SBX radar, that's so myopic it can barely see the incoming missile? And can apparently only see one at a time.
originally posted by: imjack
The most destructive WMD outside of creating a blackhole, are giant steel rods we can drop from space, travel at mach 9 and create no nuclear fallout.