Laser occurred to me as well.
High powered lasers are degraded by atmosphere, but it would be a possibility, I should think.
"Laser occurred to me as well.
High powered lasers are degraded by atmosphere, but it would be a possibility, I should think."
For a laser, the ideal I figure would be to lock on and kill the missile within 2 seconds. It would be able to attack a sea-skimmer at the horizon relative to the height of the laser. I wonder how powerful a laser it would require to kill an ASCM in 1-2 seconds? What would be the size of the laser, and would a carrier's power plant (assuming both reactors being brought on line) be sufficient?