Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site hopd3.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!gummo!whuxlb!pyuxll!eisx!npoiv!npois!hogpc!houxm!hopd3!raf From: raf@hopd3.UUCP Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: Space station? Message-ID: <134@hopd3.UUCP> Date: Fri, 29-Jul-83 10:51:57 EDT Article-I.D.: hopd3.134 Posted: Fri Jul 29 10:51:57 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 31-Jul-83 20:53:56 EDT References: <940@umcp-cs.UUCP> watmath.5545, <313@5941ux.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 17 I saw a small paragraph hidden on a back page of our local paper the other day that sid the air force has succesfully used a laser to knock down a series of ten air to air missles travelling in the 2000 mph range. It went on to say that this system would not be effective against ICBMs because they go much faster - around 20,000 mph. Also range is a factor, so using a space station for the purpose of knocking down ICBMs is not feasable yet. It seems to me though that this is a giant step in a technology that may make nuclear weapons at long range obsolete. Let us hope, Ron Flannery