I think they have evolved to become surrender gorilla’s
Conventional armed tridents would have to give most world leaders pause, as whoop a$$ from the skies could drop in anytime without starting WW3. And the ABL has more uses than ABM work, just imagine a special forces guy pointing at a bad guy and saying “I Banish Thee”.. ZOT... - Even backwards uneducated folks understand fire from the heavens.
I’ve always wanted to see what the ABL could do a bunch of fighters or cruise missiles...