At the end of the war in the Pacific, the Japanese were cut off from resources and desperately trying to improvise weapons. One that I was unaware before yesterday was the ceramic hand grenade. It is an interesting story. (h/t to Jeff “Inch High” Groves for the pointer.)
I’ve always believed that any all out attack on the US would begin with a powerful EMP inducing nuclear blast high in the atmosphere over the US. This report suggests a number of nations are developing such weapons. China would obviously be the biggest concern.
Interesting thoughts on the coming use of aircraft mounted laser weapons.
I’ve been interested in this concept ever since I real about it in a Pournelle sci-fi novel. With space lift becoming so much cheaper, I can see this becoming viable in the next decade. The US needs to be the one to do it first.
A nice article from Strategypage on why much of the Russian military is a paper tiger. I suspect the truth is even worse than these reports.
Story here. Hypersonics may be a dead end if laser based ABMs are successfully developed.
Possible ASAT testing? Hmmm.
