The Moon Was Shining, The Stars Were Bright…

... protect communications centres and regional groupings of the U.S. Armed Forces. In June 2002, RAND Cooperation presented a report on the possibility of using air-based combat lasers, armour-piercing shells and air transport vehicles to protect U.S. spacecraft. As the current RAND report shows, however, there have been minimal results in this area over the past 12 years. If the Americans are not working on any truly breakthrough projects, and if their projects are plagued with technical difficulties, then is there any reason ...