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

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First post - I hope it goes out

Here's a link to the first story I saw about this
technology in TechnologyReview.

http://www.technologyreview.com/magazine/jul01/freedmanall.asp

--- David Honig <honig at sprynet.com> wrote:
> >On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Steve Schear wrote:
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> >> I wonder what the destructive mechanism is for
> this system?
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> >There was an article in IEEE Spectrum last year (I
> think) on one of the
> >systems. The main failure mechanism is weakening of
> the aeroshell and due
> >to increased loading the missile comes apart. 
> 
> Many missile (propellants) are pressurized;
> weakening a bit of the skin
> will cause
> it to burst.
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