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Reagan's Failed Attempt to Put Lasers in Space
Angry Planet
The Importance of Space Defense
We deployed this at the end of the 1960s. We actually had this for a while. It was actually so stupid that we shut it down after about a year. The Army said it wasn't worth maintaining. But the Russians kept theirs going. So they had 100 nuclear tipped interceptors stationed around Moscow. In fact, I think they still do. And he too believed the lasers will be the answer. A speed of light weapon. You know, could you zap this? You missed? That's okay. You can recalculate and quickly have another second, third, fourth chance to hit with the lasers. They thought this guy was Looney Tunes. None of these things
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