Andrew Reeves (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} schizmatic) wrote,@ 2008-04-25 08:40:00 |
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Laser Cannon!
So, as most people that I have excitedly bugged about this know, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency is in the process of building the airborne laser. The airborne laser is a laser cannon mounted in a Boeing 747 which will shoot down Iranian, Pakistani, North Korean, etc. nuclear missiles in the "boost phase," i.e. when the missile is a slow, easy to hit target. The Missile Defense folks have had enough setbacks that they're being very slow and cautious in how they go about this.
So, as most people that I have excitedly bugged about this know, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency is in the process of building the airborne laser. The airborne laser is a laser cannon mounted in a Boeing 747 which will shoot down Iranian, Pakistani, North Korean, etc. nuclear missiles in the "boost phase," i.e. when the missile is a slow, easy to hit target. The Missile Defense folks have had enough setbacks that they're being very slow and cautious in how they go about this.
But they've finally assembled the laser in the airplane, and sometime next year will fly it around and test fire it.
But of course, my thoughts on this laser are more ambitious, viz...
We now have a working laser cannon. We also have an international space station. The next step rather suggests itself. We don't need this laser cannon mounted on a Boeing 747, we need to have it mounted on the International Space Station.
Pointing outward.
