Originally Posted by
LooneyBird
Bill if you are suggesting a laser or radio/microwave weapon, I would highly doubt it. The physics involved allows it to be possible, but the amount of energy it would take at that distance is more than all our aircraft carriers could put out. The energy density falls off by the square of the area for the beam at a cubed fall off for the distance covered. That is why the navy weapons are currently defensive in nature, as the incoming missile gets closer the energy stopping it is growing exponentially to failure.