Air Force Turns 747 Into Holster for Giant Laser (washingtonpost.com)

[Jim Choate]

On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Eugene Leitl wrote:

> You're saying it, "propaganda value". Missiles are only vulnerable during
> boost phase, while they still have fuel onboard. 

Bull. Missiles are vulnerable to various assaults during their entire
flight. The aerodynamic forces during boost and terminal flight
operations, vacuum effects (rupture a fuel tank and watch that baby
gyrate).

> You need serious energy flux and tracking precision to terminate a
> warhead.

Which has been demonstrated to be extant since the mid-80's when they shot
the first satellite down with a high altitude fighter.


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