Bearden was never near the laser weapon business. The most powerful laser weapon we had was the YAL-1A airborne laser, but that was scrapped by the Obama administration. "Pumped phase-conjugate mirrors" is mumbo-jumbo.
The "golden dome" is yet to be constructed. We have installations for Ground-Based Interceptors (GBIs), but they are not many and depend on a warning and command-and-control system that is getting long in the tooth.
The "specialized weapons package" was undoubtedly an air-to-air missile, optimized for ballistic target intercept. Possible to do if the range is short. Q is spilling beans he shouldn't, by revealing we have such air patrols over our boomer subs.
How do I know all this? I was in the business, designing the orbital interceptor overlay for the SBI and working on airborne lasers throughout my career.
Bearden was never near the laser weapon business. The most powerful laser weapon we had was the YAL-1A airborne laser, but that was scrapped by the Obama administration. "Pumped phase-conjugate mirrors" is mumbo-jumbo.
The "golden dome" is yet to be constructed. We have installations for Ground-Based Interceptors (GBIs), but they are not many and depend on a warning and command-and-control system that is getting long in the tooth.
The "specialized weapons package" was undoubtedly an air-to-air missile, optimized for ballistic target intercept. Possible to do if the range is short. Q is spilling beans he shouldn't, by revealing we have such air patrols over our boomer subs.
How do I know all this? I was in the business, designing the orbital interceptor overlay for the SBI and working on airborne lasers throughout my career.