• Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Early concepts of X-Ray Laser ABM systems developed for the Strategic Defense Initiative worked similar to this, in which an atomic bomb would provide the light to feed a laser directed at enemy ballistic missiles. Since we didn’t want to send nukes up into orbit (which would break treaties against OWPs) we’d have to pop them up via a launch vehicle, probably as large as ICBMs themselves. (Wikipedia)