The Power of the Laser Head
A screenshot of a book reading app displaying a page of text from a science fiction novel. The text describes the increasing destructive power of missiles, culminating in a comparison that is cut off mid-sentence. The app interface shows page 151 of 163/458, with 'Return now' and 'Purchase at Better World Books' buttons at the top. The text is overlaid with the caption 'The Mark 16's original fifteen-megaton warhead had been more destructive than any destroyer or light cruiser missile ever previously deployed, although dealing with battlecruiser armor—as Abigail Hearns had learned aboard HMS Hexapuma in the Monica System—had pushed it to its limits. But Tristram and her sisters were equipped with the Mod G version, with a forty-megaton warhead and improved gravity generators. That increased its effectiveness by a factor of over five... which made it more powerful than the brand-new Trebuchet capital ship missile the'.
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