Re: Further thoughts on hitting with lasers

Tony Christney wrote:
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> It's not possible to lead the target with a laser  due to the speed of
light
> restriction on information about the target returning to the weapon
> system. Basically, you need to know where it is _now_ if you are
> to lead the target. However, if you know where it is, then you've
> already hit it!

How so? If a target is x kms away (say farther than the beam could
travel in a
second), and going along X course, then you can get a predicted location
where
the ship will be in shoot at it. By the time the laser gets out there it
will
hit the target. Do you think these 1000 meter long vessels can turn on a
dime?

Los