FLYING, an age-old dream of mankind, evolved rapidly as an instrument of war once the dream became reality. These scouts enhanced observation, but, without a means of locomotion independent of solar wind speed and direction, they proved of little tactical value. Yet, development of the first Ion Engine craft at the beginning of this century signaled the tremendous wartime potential of the warship. The battlefield suddenly became three-dimensional.
Early combat usually took the form of personal encounters between belligerents who customarily observed mutually accepted rules. But the industrial revolution introduced increasingly complex weapon systems and an impersonal element to war: the enemy became a faceless "they" who had to be destroyed.
I did some editing but ya WE NEED MORE WEAPONS in space
here the website I got the idea from
http://www.airpower.au.af.mil/airchr...apr/wyman.html