To: sparklite2
To think we had space based lazer defense systems when Reagan was prez.
2 posted on
02/11/2018 12:46:54 PM PST by
Java4Jay
(The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
To: Java4Jay
To think we had space based lazer defense systems when Reagan was prez.
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We did?
7 posted on
02/11/2018 1:08:01 PM PST by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: Java4Jay
>>>To think we had space based lazer defense systems when Reagan was prez<<< (It’s Laser)...
Uh, no.
The Soviet Union may have thought so though...
To: Java4Jay
no we didn’t !
There were some experimental systems, nothing in or out of the atmosphere. At that time nothing really out of the lab.
Anyway right now that work is paying off, we’re a few years from having them as the regular “kit” on ships.
14 posted on
02/11/2018 1:56:52 PM PST by
Reily
To: Java4Jay
“To think we had space based lazer defense systems when Reagan was prez.”
Uh, no we didn’t. It was part of the plan, but SDI was an aggressive research program more than anything else. At that time, the only way to shoot down an ICBM was with a nuclear-tipped ABM, and even that wasn’t a guarantee of success.
15 posted on
02/11/2018 1:59:54 PM PST by
Ancesthntr
("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
To: Java4Jay
"
To think we had space based lazer defense systems when Reagan was prez."
No, we had detailed plans for one.
31 posted on
02/11/2018 6:31:06 PM PST by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
To: Java4Jay
I must have missed where we had working space-based lasers under Reagan...one of the concepts of SDI (Star Wars) was laser systems but many of the SDI concepts were just that - concepts.
32 posted on
02/12/2018 3:45:38 AM PST by
trebb
(I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...;-})
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