Loren Thompson argues that the real threat to U.S. spy satellites is not from enemy anti-satellite weapons or jamming devices but from irrelevance due to the increasing reconnaissance capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles.
Loren Thompson looks at the possibility of "photonic warfare" or the military use of electromagentic weapons. He argues that if the Pentagon uses these directed-energy weapons in a war with Iraq, then "a revolution really is at hand and Saddam Hussein could be its first casualty."
Loren Thompson reviews the military potential of directed energy weapons at a recent U.S. congressional forum.
Loren B. Thompson defends the U.S. nuclear posture review of pre-emption by arguing that the U.S. is unlikely to act on every tenet of the new policy but it is important for our adversaries to believe that we might.