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How feasible would a military-grade x-ray laser be? I'm asking because I've read sci-fi where the successor to 'contact' nuclear warheads are lasers generated by a small nuclear charge inside the warhead. -
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ToughSF on Twitter: "@Skipp_ToMyLou If your nuclear-pumped laser warheads have an effective range of 1000km, you'll still need a missile to carry them across a 10,000km inter-ship separation. That sort of separation
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ToughSF on Twitter: "@Skipp_ToMyLou If your nuclear-pumped laser warheads have an effective range of 1000km, you'll still need a missile to carry them across a 10,000km inter-ship separation. That sort of separation
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Nuclear-pumping sources are of two forms: A) a surface source where the... | Download Scientific Diagram
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