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Using a laser on the battlefield may be a good thing. Mounting it in a slow flying unarmed aircraft sounds like a really bad idea. In fact, after the US has spent billions to develop the technology we can look forward to our next opponent stealing the technology and mounting it inside a steel shipping container (conex box) and using it as a fairly effective antiaircraft weapon (especially against slow low flying C-130's trying to locate and destroy ground targets with their lasers). After they've shot down a few planes with the shipping container AA system, they can just start moving empty shipping containers into an area to scare away attacking planes. Keep working on the laser, but re-think that platform idea.