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thanks. very helpful. i appreciate your assistance on this matter and ill be sure to give physics forum a heads up in my not likely to be published book. thanks again.

also in follow up to nicodemus, what are electroweak effects and at what power would you need your weapon to be to still be effective considering taking such effects into account?

at what distance does it come into play? please include in your explanation if you would fire a ground based laser and hit an icbm in the middle phase and reentry phase whatever those altitudes are.

what distances?

This is great. This is what I am looking for. What technical issues make it impractical? And this may make no sense, but if i could park these wherever i wanted, why would the Earth get in the way? I can put it anywhere. If i can put it on a 747 i can put it anywhere no? yes? I can put it on a...

So then is it within the laws of physics to have a surfaced based missle defense system? Can this be done? I need to hit them in any phase. I need to be able to create a defense strong enough to stop an icbm, i need a laser(s) powerful enough to immediately destroy an icbm regardless of whether...

What would be the hindrance of such a weapon? not meaning size and cost etc., but the hindrance of the actual beam connecting with the target? What would be the timeframe of contact i would need to complete the destruction? would it be immediate? or would i need extended contact with the target...

Thanks for the assistance. What I am looking for though more so is not the viability of the current technology, but the potential of such technology. If i could build 50 1.3 petawatt lasers, could I destroy icbms? and what effect does a weapon of that type of power have on a target should it...

hello. I've come to physics forum because when it comes to physics, ill admit I am clueless. So I am looking for some learned assistance. I am writing a book, its not about physics, but a portion of the book has to do with the viability of directed energy weapons i.e. lasers etc. Its a political...