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7.jpg A last type of interceptor is the space-based laser. Although funding for the SBL is on the back-burner it is envisaged that once the air-borne laser is complete, funding and development will increase for this weapon. It will require a very powerful laser that could perhaps eventually also be used to target objects on the ground. It would also require a lot of energy to fire the laser for any length of time - one way of achieving this could be through a nuclear power source.