[AndyJackson]

And, as you well know, there already people in town [D.C.] trying to get the rights to write the power points to sell all of this to the Pentagon - here it is - battle ready designs after a few billion to work out a couple of the kinks.

It is a long way from a concept to a system that is deployable, maintainable with associated trained operators and operating doctrine and tactics - much less a willing enemy to use it all on.

And lasers don't work well against sand in the desert. Nuclear weapons don't work well against stand in the desert.

[Strac6]

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