Chemically-pumped X-ray Lasers (was Re: [Traveller_TNE] Re: 6mm)

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I don't think there were ever official ship-to-ship w\missiles with chemically-pumped warheads. Just looking at the energy density differences between chemical and fission/fusion would seem to rule them out. 

Eamon

>From: Hyphen_DJW <>

>I think you're right. But when I went back and read earlier in this thread, Derek reminded me that chemically-pump XRay 
>laserheads were also developed in TNE, and they'll do just fine for the Regency or the CT-era.