Yes lasers are changing a lot of things. Ground and sea based AA batteries will be able to eliminate aircraft instantly in non-over the horizon situations. Low radar cross section (stealth) requirement will drive the need to have small aircraft with AI pilots flying low for attack and over land and sea lasers will be required to support air superiority.
The limit will be targeting and radar but I think the fundamental rules of the warspace are going to change dramatically as they become prevalent. Imagine even using a powerful laser rifle from the ground... No need to lead the aircraft simply line it up and hit it due to the speed of wave energy.
For ICBMs lasers are limited still to line of sight but they can be placed on satellites and ground batteries and eliminate ICBMs the moment they come over the curvature of the earth. So yes I think lasers are going to redefine strategy with nuclear weapons. Stealthy delivery vehicles travelling at much greater speeds will be required, it's going to be much different once lasers are fully matured as a technology.
Afternoon_Jumpy t1_iyohpxk wrote
Reply to Is it possible that nuclear defense technologies will surpass the abilities of nuclear weapons in the future, rendering them near useless? by Wide-Escape-5618
Yes lasers are changing a lot of things. Ground and sea based AA batteries will be able to eliminate aircraft instantly in non-over the horizon situations. Low radar cross section (stealth) requirement will drive the need to have small aircraft with AI pilots flying low for attack and over land and sea lasers will be required to support air superiority.
The limit will be targeting and radar but I think the fundamental rules of the warspace are going to change dramatically as they become prevalent. Imagine even using a powerful laser rifle from the ground... No need to lead the aircraft simply line it up and hit it due to the speed of wave energy.
For ICBMs lasers are limited still to line of sight but they can be placed on satellites and ground batteries and eliminate ICBMs the moment they come over the curvature of the earth. So yes I think lasers are going to redefine strategy with nuclear weapons. Stealthy delivery vehicles travelling at much greater speeds will be required, it's going to be much different once lasers are fully matured as a technology.