This renders the investment into advanced defences - i.e. the ring of fire that NATO has surrounded its enemies with - useless. At least in the case of Russia.

This renders the investment into advanced defences - i.e. the ring of fire that NATO has surrounded its enemies with - useless. At least in the case of Russia. It also puts the carrier question to rest. Carriers are a policing weapon - during all-out war, hypersonic missiles take them out. Missile Defense technology just got a boot up the arse. I guess we're going to see freakin' laser beams soon enough.