RE: 'Laser rifle' is latest weapon against enemies
First off, most shipping ports in the world will *NOT* allow ships to dock if they are carrying arms...even if those arms are used to protect the ship's crew and cargo.
Second, I don't see how affective a defensive weapon is when it can be thwarted by sunglasses and a pocket mirror...
So far, it seems, all of our attempts to protect ships using non-lethal methods can be circumvented by readilly attained countermeasures. The sonic cannon...earplugs...This laser gun? or any other intense light pulse gun? mirrors and sunglasses. What we need it some kind of microwave transmitter that will roast the target...in a non-lethal way...for as long as they remain a target!
