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Reagan's Failed Attempt to Put Lasers in Space

Angry Planet

CHAPTER

The Discrimination Problem

The current system we have is about 44 ground based interceptors in the frozen tundra of Alaska and part of California. Under ideal conditions, it works about 50% of the time. In order to hit them, you need to have a target that's cooperating with you. They call it the discrimination problem. Can you see it? Can yousee it? It's extremely hard.

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