People like to complain about fusion, but lasers and hypersonics have been money pits for generations.<p>"'This is as close to weaponization and as far from the laboratory as you're going to see without full-scale development,'' said Bill Robinson, director of laser programs for the Rockwell International Corporation, which began Sigma Tau secretly for the Air Force in 1976."<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/05/us/star-wars-technology-it-s-more-than-a-fantasy.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/05/us/star-wars-technology-i...</a>