[struggle]

Just don’t shoot your lasgun at a shield.

[doorgunner69]

Interesting.

Would love to know where the Sov/Russians are with this today, or if they abandoned it as well. There was a time when it was thought they were way ahead in laser technology.

In an earlier life (mid-80s), I read a summary that thought they would have MW class lasers on ships within a few years. Ships are such a good candidate, as power to run them is not an issue. Poor bastards hardly even have a navy now.

[Graybeard58]

Functional laser weapons are just five years away. Advocates hope that won’t always be the case.

Well, their hopes are come true. It won't "always be the case" they can only be "5 years away" one time.