I was watching a show on the History Channel recently that claimed that the U.S. military is really working on real laser weapons for aircraft and other military vehicles. They even mentioned that a laser-equiped aircraft is expected to make real-world tests of its laser system as early as next year. Plus, they also plan to equip spacecraft with lasers. Since lasers have no recoil, they can't disturb the position of a spacecraft when fired. Now doesn't that make certain science fiction movies and TV shows look "outdated"? You know years back lasers and phasers and other beam weapons were all over the place in SF. In more recent times, few SF shows and movies portray beam weapons. It's as if these science fiction screenwriters are thinking, " If they were going to make laser weapons in real life, they'd be here by now. Since there are no laser weapons now, then there won't be any in the future." Looks like they were wrong. Lasers weapons look to be possible in real life and in the near future. And I always knew that would be the case.