...their security did not rest upon the threat of instant US retaliation to deter a Soviet attack; that we could intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles before they could reach our own soil or that of our allies?" Perhaps, then, the determining factor in the military exploitation...

...Study Group to assess the status of Science and Technology of Directed Energy Weapons in the context their use in a defense against a ballistic missile...missile attack considers a defense of the population in the US In such a ballistic missile defense effort, directed energy weapons are expected to play...