The first headline at the evening news of the Belgian channel RTL-TVI tonight could be summarise as "Star Wars : no longer a fiction".
China and the USA are now competing for the dominance of the sky, with the new technology of ultra-powerful lasers equipped on satelites. Such lasers would be powerful enough to destroy missiles or tanks anywhere in the world. A US airplane equipped with such a laser will soon be operational.
The major advantages of the laser are its speed ("light speed", nothing faster), its low cost compared to traditional explosives, and the fact that it can be pointed from a satelite to any target on earth.
The newscaster explained that within 10 years wars will be conducted with laser weapons, making airlines, missiles and armoured units obsolete.
This situation is rather scary as anybody, any vehicle, any ship and about any building could be almost instantly destroyed anywhere in the world just by pressing a button.
Your thoughts on this ?
China and the USA are now competing for the dominance of the sky, with the new technology of ultra-powerful lasers equipped on satelites. Such lasers would be powerful enough to destroy missiles or tanks anywhere in the world. A US airplane equipped with such a laser will soon be operational.
The major advantages of the laser are its speed ("light speed", nothing faster), its low cost compared to traditional explosives, and the fact that it can be pointed from a satelite to any target on earth.
The newscaster explained that within 10 years wars will be conducted with laser weapons, making airlines, missiles and armoured units obsolete.
This situation is rather scary as anybody, any vehicle, any ship and about any building could be almost instantly destroyed anywhere in the world just by pressing a button.
Your thoughts on this ?