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Well for one thing, one needs to take into account the distances involved. One would assume an orbital battery would be in a stable orbit, so somewhere in the order of 2,000 km or greater to be out of low earth orbit (and thus out of normal spaceflight range). Thus any projecticle or missile would have to penetrate the atmosphere in reentery for a great distance while travelng at very high speeds to be able to hit a moving target. Even at Mach 7 or whatever, that is still over 13 minutes from pressing the fire button to hitting the target.
Question. There seems to be some difference in terms being used between beam weapon and laser. What are we classifying as a "beam weapon".
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