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Old February 14th 10, 08:46 PM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.history
Pat Flannery
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Default Boeing Airborne Laser in action

Allen Thomson wrote:

Yes. The US got a bunch of Scuds from, IIRC, Romania (or Hungary??)
after the Cold War and has been using them for ABM targets. Scuds
burn for 95 seconds at most, so the "something less than two minutes"
should be interpreted loosely.


It must be a challenge for our military people to fuel them, as we are
out of practice with that toxic of a propellant combo (UDMH and IRFNA),
although maybe they got some of the old kerosene fueled ones.

Pat