Re: Lasers can't be defended against?

Andrew Martin wrote:
> I don't see it as even a possibility, because using a searchlight (IR,
RADAR
> or Light) this is like telling your foe, "here I am, put a 1000lb bomb
on
> me!"

	Heh.  I remember in the old E.E."Doc" Smith LENSMAN novels
	(circa 1940) they use magnesium "star shells" in their space
	battles, in order to illuminate the combatants in the
	darkness of deep space.