At the end he says directed energy lasers in space are the answer. But considering the ceramic thermal shielding these hypersonic maneuverable vehicles need an

At the end he says directed energy lasers in space are the answer. But considering the ceramic thermal shielding these hypersonic maneuverable vehicles need and have, it would seem the reentry plasma is far hotter than anything a laser can add from thousands of km away. I also chuckled seeing his picture doing the interception over the water, because yes lasers keep going and you're going to be frying things on the ground too. The author is with ULA, and is competing with Elon Musk's Starshield-- which if you read the various leaks (see Michael D. Griffin) it's pretty clear will be some sort of Brilliant Pebbles system. Biden has been snubbing Elon on this. I suspect it's one reason he has turned starkly political and we are now seeing Reagan Republicans announce there candidacy on Twitter.