Star Wars, Part Two.

[Article] In the 1980s, the Reagan Administration proposed a space-based defense technology that was referred to as “Star Wars.” It was to employ ground-based, or space-based, lasers which would shoot down incoming Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) before they could reach their target.


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The Star Wars program chewed up a lot of public money, resulted in a good deal of international tension, but ultimately was declared unfeasible.However, a somewhat less optimistic, and more feasible, system called SkyGuard is on the drawing-board at the moment, which might be able to handle security...
This article was published Thursday, 8 February, 2007 by AFP
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Star Wars, Part Two.


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