Decius wrote:

What's really interesting about these systems is that if you can rely on them you don't need as much armor, which makes you more flexible and lighter.

This is true insofar as the systems are actually effective against the threats of interest. Trophy is not effective against IEDs. And in order for the interceptor to destroy the target, the radars have to be able to detect and track it. Once you actively deploy a system against an opponent with development capability, you very quickly get into a CM/CCM race. So as long as your vehicles need to be effective against comparable conventional forces in a symmetric engagement, then you can't put too much stock in this kind of thing.

RE: Force Field!