To: TomasUSMC
At the current level of tech, armor wins. Lasers are subject to the inverse-square law and quite frankly aren’t yet powerful enough to pierce a re-entry heat shield at orbital or even suborbital altitude.
35 posted on
03/11/2015 11:58:10 AM PDT by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
The USS Ponce has a laser on it that is encouraging ....how does it stack up?
36 posted on
03/12/2015 5:52:22 AM PDT by
TomasUSMC
(FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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