"If we could, so could the enemy. Right? "
Well, if it were pointed toward the enemy, who would care, except the enemy?
Until there is an EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) interference somewhere nearby .... or the battery goes dead, or a mortar shell blows up the transmitter, or the receiver, or the wire between the two, or the guy trying to light it off,
Then neither us nor the target can shoot the thing.
I wish they'd just try to design weapons that would simply WORK under all circumstances of dirt, mud, blood, rain, battle, confusion, darkness, power, and lack of power......
I was thinking of a situation where the enemy uses a satellite to test for the weapon before sending their troops into an area.