Re: Further thoughts on hitting with lasers

Roger spake thusly upon matters weighty: 

> Best bet is to compare the transit time of the beam (0.03 seconds for
> 6,000 miles, for example) with the velocity change the ship can manage
> in that time (0.005 m/s if it has 1G acceleration).
> 
> It's still the case that, normally, if you can target it you can hit
it.
> The beam transit time only becomes significant enough to prevent a hit
> at much longer distances (or higher accelerations).

I would imagine futuristic combat vessels would require either 
1. outrageous ECM suites to fool the enemy targetting
2. high maneouvre caps (crew inside liquid or foam suspension 
capsules to cushion against G shock or some such. I saw one book 
where they suggested replacing blood with a synthetic that took G 
compression better and modifying space crew bone structure etc). I 
would think this would be on the order of 5-10 Gs if not more.	

Probably a lot of #1 and at least some of #2. 

Tom. 
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