ABSTRACT
One of the main technologies being explored for this purpose was the directed energy weapon, and the latter 1990s saw a considerable expansion of work on an airborne anti-missile laser system, with early investigations being put in process to consider a much more powerful space-based system. In one sense, a directed energy weapon could also be seen as a revolutionary technology, given its potential for accuracy and near-speed of light perform-
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to a transformation of warfare.
