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The first use that came to mind for me was easily deployed and reusable missile defense systems. Not every country can spend billions on disposable anti-ballist
by fiblye 9y ago
The first use that came to mind for me was easily deployed and reusable missile defense systems. Not every country can spend billions on disposable anti-ballistic missiles, but lasers could eventually become affordable for most countries.
- John_KZ 9y agoLasers can never replace anti-missile systems completely, simply because fog or rain will stop them. Also they're completely incapable of taking on reentry vehicles. Other energy weapons might do the trick, but they're not even in protytpe phase yet (as far as we know). The only thing lasers can do is provide low cost per shot for assymetrical warfare defence/offence. They also have other niche applications (ie sensor blinding/soft kill defense) and of course they can easily make warfare an even worse hell, with the next semi-symmetrical war leaving millions blind and hundreds of thousands rotting away from skin infections.