"Brad Guth" wrote in message
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Not sure if the public funded Boeing, Raytheon and TRW effort known as
ABL is good or bad, though either way it's certainly spendy, and
there's no telling what kinds of friendly fire sorts of collateral
damage are involved thus far, and as to what extent the not always
failsafe future has to offer.

With so much of our national resources going into advanced weapons,
perhaps the good side of all this will eventually create a thousand
fold more powerful laser cannon that can defend Earth from those NEOs
and rogue arrivals that pose a significant threat.


~ BG

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I think sometimes the belief that a weapon is effective, even if it isn't, can
be rather useful. Like the anti aircraft guns ringing London in WW2, from
what I've read they hardly hit a thing, but the people felt safer hearing them
thump away. And the Patriot missile in the Gulf war, they didn't hit much
either, but they managed to keep Israel out of the war, which was huge.

The ABL might put some important doubt in the minds of N Korea and Iran.


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