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Title: Star Wars Death Ray
Post by: TehBorken on May 04 06 11:05
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From the website:[/p]    [blockquote][em]The Bush administration is seeking to develop a powerful ground-based laser weapon that would use beams of concentrated light to destroy enemy satellites in orbit.[/em][/p]    [em]The largely secret project, parts of which have been made public through Air Force budget documents submitted to Congress in February, is part of a wide-ranging effort to develop space weapons, both defensive and offensive. No treaty or law forbids such work.[/em][/p]    [em]The laser research was described by federal officials who would speak only on the condition of anonymity because of the topic's political sensitivity. The White House has recently sought to play down the issue of space arms, fearing it could become an election-year liability.[/em] [/p][/blockquote][a href="vny!://www.defensetech.org/archives/002380.html"]vny!://www.defensetech.org/archives/002380.html[/a]
 
Title: Re: Star Wars Death Ray
Post by: Gopher on May 04 06 11:18
Another peace initiative!
Title: Re: Star Wars Death Ray
Post by: tenkani on May 04 06 11:28
It's all part of our global war on terrorism!!

Erm...just in case those terrorists ever launch a satellite.    

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Title: Re: Star Wars Death Ray
Post by: Gopher on May 04 06 11:53
What's this? "Our terrorist war on the globe"?
Title: Re: Star Wars Death Ray
Post by: tenkani on May 04 06 12:06
Well, technically the only way to win this war is to destroy the globe...so yeah.
Title: Re: Star Wars Death Ray
Post by: Sportsdude on May 04 06 02:42
Bush wants to blow up the moon.
Title: Re: Star Wars Death Ray
Post by: weird al on May 04 06 04:25
They better not blow up the damn' moon! We're going to put our garbage up there!
Title: Re: Star Wars Death Ray
Post by: Gopher on May 05 06 02:58
Sportsdude wrote:
 Bush wants to blow up the moon.[/DIV]
 [FONT color=#00407f]Does this mean that we'll all get showered with cheese?[/FONT]
Title: Re: Star Wars Death Ray
Post by: Lise on May 05 06 07:35
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