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RE: How Laser Weapons Differ From Plasma Weapons
This was a cool read. I think it is worth noting that laser weapons would solve problems (which you point out at the end of the post) in a way that plasma wouldn't. If plasma is essentially a projectile weapon, it would have to have some benefit that makes it worth working on and increased power isn't really enough because that can be done by upping velocity with a conventional projectile.
Indeed, hence the research into naval railguns. Which I am a proponent of because their intended use case is defensive, and they save taxpayers a tremendous amount of money per round fired when compared to cruise missiles.
The savings are the big thing with that. I could live the rest of my life without working for less than half than one of those missiles costs. I have heard that they are safer for the user too because they don't have to store explosives on the ship.
This is an issue I have a problem with in movies where some superhero or monster or whatever gets shot with all our weapons without taking dammage. I have to call bs there. If you hit something hard enough, it will break.