This is a perfect case of disruptive technology fitting Clayton C. theory: first small low-power optical fiber lasers evolve for low-key industrial jobs, then many small systems integrated and scaled up in one large system that changes the battleground.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37775/how-the-once-elusive-dream-of-laser-weapons-suddenly-became-a-reality
Still the entire disruption theory is more an intellectual exercise then useful tool – it’s always used backward to describe some historical development that happened but fails entirely as predicting tool.
Clayton used an example of mini mills in steel industry as a disruption case. I happened to be in in steel industry in that time and was involved in mini mill planning. There is nothing disruptive in mini mills it’s just more energy efficient technology/business process solution in a very conservative industry that barely changed in 100 years.
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