| What would you theorize is the most advanced top secret military technology today? Anti-Mechanized Infantry Handheld Lasers.
Even looking at mining technology, handheld lasers are barely out of reach and getting cheaper by the day.
While they are inefficient uses of energy for taking out infantry, they are extremely viable for disabling/destroying gas-powered armored vehicles. In Aircraft, a laser could easily be made omni-directional, very long range, and impossible to defend, making it an insanely proficient aircraft killer. And with modern aircraft's targetting systems and power generation, there is no doubt they could be fitted with the lasers of commercial use.
Lasers could also be used as defense against short and long ranged missiles, and as tracking software and laser technology advance the uses of lasers for defense too would advance. |