Re: Not unbelievable
"The 70s were still early stage development for lasers."
I'm sorry but James Bond (and his manly bits) nearly copped it in 1964 at the hand of Auric Goldfinger and his laser...and in 1971 when Blofeld used a space laser to blackmail governments...and in 1974 Scaramanger had a working laser that could destroy small planes...
The above "historical documentaries" are available to view on the BBC at various times, so they must be TRUE.
So, it's clear that US of A had some working lasers before the "70s" that (obviously) some foreign powers hacked into the computers storing the designs and the plans were then sold off to the likes of SPECTRE and SMERSH !!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
