[Wonder Warthog]

"I can tell you that from some tests I was involved with at NASA, if you try to spin a shuttle SRB you will have big problems and a pile of scrap."

You are being deliberately obtuse. The POINT I am trying to make, and that you seem unable to grasp, is that WE KNOW HOW TO BUILD THIS KIND OF STUFF ALREADY--I AM NOT SAYING THAT YOU CAN DO IT WITH EXISTING HARDWARE--IS! THAT! CLEAR! ENOUGH! FOR! YOU!

[chaosagent]

Maybe not deliberately obtuse. ;-)

In reading back over your posts, it sure seems like you were saying that the enemy would just start spinning their boosters. And they can't.

If you're talking about them completely redesigning all their boosters, you're looking at an 8-10 year timeframe.

By that time our lasers will be so powerful that, spin or no spin, we'll punch right thru.