[irishlass]

Thank you President Reagan and for standing firm when they called your plan “Star Wars.” We are once again indebted to you

[Tonytitan]

Thank you President Reagan and for standing firm when they called your plan “Star Wars.”

The real fun begins when the solid state electrical lasers hit the 100KW+ level with the requsite cooling to go with it. They have a free electron laser down to a length of <20' and approaching 100KW of power. Deploying one of these on a ship gives a battle group some serious fleet defense against ASM. I saw some reporting stating that the F-35 had the electrical generating power to support a solid state laser once the cooling issues are resolved.