Anyway, seems like someone *else* in the US Military had a better idea - and it works!
http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/news_ ... ml?d=57129
Yeah - that's right - build a dirty great big laser and cut inbound missiles into scrap metal on the fly, so to speak.
Of course, typically, the Military misses the target by a mile - no pun intended. As it's only created a laser for one purpose: to shoot down missiles. Such a shame, because the Gigawatt class lasers I propose in my NBMDS would have multiple uses other than defence: Launching satelites, deorbiting space junk, ground-based anti-satelite system, air-defence network, interstellar messaging system, light-sail propulsion system, comet/asteroid collision-avoider, Search & Rescue illuminator, lighting the Luna surface for explorers, surgical ground-strike weapon par excellence, Instant targetting of hostiles anywhere on the globe, bug-eyed alien tamer, and probably a whole host of other uses too.
Well, it's a start anyway.
