Thanks for the reply! Let me ask another question if you don’t mind. You say that the missile that shot down the satellite was a “Star Wars” missile and I take it this is the very type of missile that the liberals all screamed about back in Reagans days that they did not want developed?
I don’t know that the missile itself was a “Star Wars” missile but the Aegis radar system that guided it to the target was developed as part of SDI. The missile may well be a result of SDI research but I’m not 100% sure on that. Either way, its vindication of Reagan’s vision.
This kill represents one small part of the “SDI” vision of President Reagan. However, it is even more important because it accomplishes something, possibly even more difficult, than the “kill a ballistic missile” vision. Such missiles are hot and therefore easier to sense, and are on a very predictable trajectory outside of the atmosphere. The satellite was cold, and its trajectory was changing each time around the earth due to atmospheric drag, albeit in a relatively known fashion. The sensors of the kill vehicle had to be hurriedly modified to accomplish this feat.
This is exactly a successful demonstration of the technology of President Reagan’s vision that libnuts said would never work, and in some ways, shows even more broad based capability than his vision.