<div class="gmail_quote">On 7 May 2012 22:28, Keith Henson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hkeithhenson@gmail.com" target="_blank">hkeithhenson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Physics and economics seems to<br>
make propulsion lasers extremely attractive for solving major<br>
problems, particularly energy. But they are also weapons that negate<br>
most current weapons, even infantry. A tank, even with a totally<br>
reflective roof, will not survive an encounter with a multi GW laser.<br>
If nothing else, it will sink in the lava pool around the tank.<br clear="all"></blockquote></div><br>So, realistic wargames might at the end of the day become once again close to "battleships".<br><br>-- <br>Stefano Vaj<br>