Originally published Iran calls latest nuclear talks with US ‘difficult’ but both sides agree negotiations will continue on by https://globalsecurityreview.com/decoding-the-language-of-precision-warfare/ at Global Security Review
They could deter our enemies
By: Tory Bruno for the Washington Times
The short answer is: reality, and it can’t be soon enough.
As debate advances around the technological aspects of President Trump’s proposed Golden Dome missile shield, there are real questions about the extent to which next-generation missile defense should incorporate non-kinetic energy weapons to neutralize advanced adversarial missile threats. Lasers are classified as non-kinetic energy weapons, and several terrestrial laser weapon systems are in development right now. These systems will solve emerging problems such as drones, superfast cruise missiles and very short-range ballistic missiles and counter new threats at sea and on land. But … lasers in space would be truly disruptive. These could completely nullify the long-range, maneuvering hypersonic threat to the U.S. homeland. When properly orbited and powered, they would send China’s new anti-satellite weapons program back to the showers. Before we get into that, let’s talk a little bit about what makes a directed energy (i.e., laser) weapon so different. Apart from the sci-fi cool factor, a laser can do things that no kinetic system can.
Originally published Iran calls latest nuclear talks with US ‘difficult’ but both sides agree negotiations will continue on by https://globalsecurityreview.com/decoding-the-language-of-precision-warfare/ at Global Security Review
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