On Sep 13, 7:09 am, Ralph_S wrote:
On 13 Sep, 05:17, wrote:

See:

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...phalanx-03783/

Using a laser as a weapon really only make sense if speed is
essential.

But speed is ALWAYS essential when you're
working military idiots and the only thing they
know about EM is RADAR directors.
So that's why we even invented LASERS.


Close-in defence would seem to be an application where this
is the case, but as with every single laser weapon so far, getting
from an idea to a deployable and reliable operational system is
probably going to take a long time.

Cheers,
Ralph