Aircraft Laser Atmospheric Thickening for Catapault Launch

High Powered Lasers require a bit of energy to operate, but if they are put aboard an Aircraft Carrier with Nuclear Power, well then it is not a problem. What could an Aircraft Carrier do with a high-energy laser? Well it could defend its self in the battlespace along with the rest of the fleet. But that is not all it might be useful for. How do you mean you ask? Well why not use the laser to re-align the molecules in the air in front of the aircraft carrier in order to allow the air to become thicker? But why you ask?

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