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These used dedicated generators off each of the jets Turbines, supposedly, they drove an electric motor inside the jet someplace that had a great big fly wheel and electromagnetic brake that would instantly charge a gang of super capacitors so it could charge/recharge in just seconds, just took up a bunch of space and weight, and extra fuel to drive the gen sets!As I recall, the downside was that those lasers required a dedicated aircraft of considerable size, were slow to recharge, and that anti-missile missiles were deemed more practical?