-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy ----- As always, Caveat Lector. Om K ----- <A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:487527">::: Anti-Reptoid Space-Based Laser :::</A> ----- Subject: ::: Anti-Reptoid Space-Based Laser ::: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brother Blue) Date: Wed, Feb 10, 1999 3:21 PM Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ::: Anti-Reptoid Space-Based Laser ::: Lockheed, Boeing, TRW Team Awarded Work for Space-Based Laser Washington, Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- A team consisting of Lockheed Martin Corp., Boeing Co. and TRW Inc., the nation's No. 1, No. 2 and No. 10 defense contractors, won a $125 million U.S. Air Force contract to explore ways of making a space-based laser capable of destroying ballistic missiles. The award, announced by the Air Force, is the first part of a contract with a potential value of $3 billion in the next 18 to 24 months. The contractors will experiment with how to integrate high-energy lasers and precision optics into a lightweight spacecraft. The so-called Space-Based Laser is another option the U.S. Defense Department is considering for a potential defense against ballistic missiles. Other options include the National Missile Defense System, consisting of radar and ground-based interceptors, an Airborne Laser mounted on modified Boeing 747 freighters, Army ground-based systems and systems on Navy ships. ``The program's objective is to conduct a research effort to advance and assess the feasibility of the Space-Based Laser concept and technologies, culminating in a ballistic-missile defense demonstration in space and assessment of non-ballistic mission utility,'' the Air Force said in a statement. The new contract involves only exploring how such a system might be built, and isn't the first step developing an actual weapon, the Air Force said. Deploying a space-based laser is banned by the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and would need approval from the Russian government. Politically Connected The work will be performed at Lockheed Martin's Missiles and Space division in Sunnyvale, California, a Boeing plant in Canoga Park, California, and a TRW plant in Redondo Beach, California. Lockheed Martin is based in Bethesda, Maryland. Boeing is based in Seattle, while TRW is based in Cleveland. The Space-Based Laser program has the political support of Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, the Mississippi Republican, and Robert Smith, a Republican from New Hampshire and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee's strategic systems subcommittee. They were instrumental in boosting the administration's fiscal 1999 space laser request to $167 million from $74 million. Lockheed Martin shares fell 1 7/16 to 35 15/16. Boeing fell 7/8 to 35 1/2. TRW shares fell 1/2 to 50 1/8. 18:04:37 02/09/1999 (C) Copyright 1999 Bloomberg L.P. _________________________________________________ "For sixty bucks, I want a live alien addressing the audience these days. Not the same old bunch of windbags gassing on about ancient history." ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
