The ALTB demonstrated a workable directed energy weapon for missile defense by tracking and destroying. I hope that they move the project to the black projects and continue development.
I wasn’t thinking of applications when I spoke too soon.
It won’t be lost, I don’t think.
It will be just like the rail gun technology, kept in development until something really useful comes from it.
Haven’t the Russians countered laser defenses by making their missiles with a highly reflective / heat-shielding outer coat?