SSPS military applications - crit please

Thank you Lucio, Harvey, & Ed for your comments. Because I'm trying to
create a water-tight plot-device I'd like to answer some of the points
you've raised and ask once again if anyone foresees any problems or
counter-tactics that might ruin the plan. Some of the issues are also
applicable for a regular SSPS, since as a national utility they would be
military targets.

Tunnels:
Yes, they could be dug on the small scale without being noticed. But any
substantial distribution would be observable (or at least traceable) from
orbit. On a large scale construction would be almost impossible to conceal.
At that point it becomes a simple matter of retargeting the lasers.

Communications & power:
Yes, quite right. Hammer the major transmitters (ham radio's probably not
worth dealing with) and radar stations. Though I'd target the pylons
carrying the power away rather than the station itself. Lasers in this case
woudl be ccomplimented by flying I-Beams. I did the math and worked out that
if dropped from orbit they'd still be going about M6 when they hit the
ground.

Space access:
Even giving the nation SSTO capacity, an object in GSO is going to be a
tricky target for them. It would take hours at the very least (and days more
likely) for a warhead to get close enough to do damage. If the M-SSPS can
hit targets on the ground, it would be capable of hitting them in LEO or
GTO. Sneak attacks against an I-STARS (~stareing IR tracking system) would
be problamatic at best. And something miles wide and long is going to be
pretty difficult to take out at all.

Collateral damage:
Hitting innocent third parties should be avoided. But two weeks notice
should be more than good enough. Any planes straying off course could be
contacted by tight-beam radio, or flashed by the lasers as a warning. Anyone
deliberately flouting the embargo is of course not innocent.

NB: If anyone thinks this is a shallow analogy of certian military problems
in totadys world, I'm not goiung to claim otherwise. ;) With the ability to
strike from a point of complete safety, have a gods eye view over almost
everything, and no troops on the ground to be killed, would this scheme work
better or worst than current methodology?

John