Hardly a theory. Just a wild speculation. A non-starter. Lasers vs. ground targets have always been problematic. They get stopped by clouds, smoke, or dust. Why bother, when it is easier to lob a GPS-guided 500-lbm bomb?
I remember back in the 1970s when I was in grad school, our lab director (a rather salty guy) expressed exasperation about the popular obsession with laser death rays. "We already HAVE death rays," he would declare. "They're called machine guns! You point them, pull the trigger, and people die."
Hardly a theory. Just a wild speculation. A non-starter. Lasers vs. ground targets have always been problematic. They get stopped by clouds, smoke, or dust. Why bother, when it is easier to lob a GPS-guided 500-lbm bomb?
I remember back in the 1970s when I was in grad school, our lab director (a rather salty guy) expressed exasperation about the popular obsession with laser death rays. "We already HAVE death rays," he would declare. "They're called machine guns! You point them, pull the trigger, and people die."