Actually, this was a land based system. The space based laser systems have been shown to be inefficient to destroy targets within the atmosphere. The space based rail guns on the other hand....
> ahh ya there is the yahoo article what awesome potential cant wait, will > piss people off even more > Cause we wont have to use a Unmanned vehicle to kill terrorists we can just > use our satellite based laser weapons and fry you from space ;) > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 12:37 PM > Subject: Re: Robotic assassinations. > > > > http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/wonews/nov02/army.html > > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=569&ncid=738&e=2&u=/nm/2002 > > 1105/tc_nm/arms_usa_laser_dc > > > > > > > i will have to dig up this news article i saw unless someone else has > it. > > > > > > The article where the US used a LASER to blow up an artillery shell in > mid > > > flight. > > > > > > YES Artillery NOT a missile thats just got so much potential its not > even > > > funnny. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Cantrell, Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:46 AM > > > Subject: RE: Robotic assassinations. > > > > > > > > > > The reason I ask is because the conspiracist in me is wondering how > long > > > > before we start using these things on our own people as a secretive > form > > > of > > > > law enforcement? Wellstone anyone? He was against the 'war'. I could > see > > a > > > > hard core war-monger interpreting this as a criminal act of treason. > And > > > if > > > > it's as easy as moving a joystick around in order to make that > criminal > > > just > > > > go away, then heck - why not? (don't call me on Wellstone - just > > speaking > > > > figuratively and where the trend is going - I'm not going there to say > > > > Wellstone was killed.) > > > > > > > > Today it's the 'terrorists' we're targeting, and using as an excuse to > > > keep > > > > our defense industry nice and bloated. But what happens when the > > > terrorists > > > > are defeated? Do we just fire the defense contractors and say "well, > it > > > was > > > > nice building these little unmanned aircraft that are capable of > > shooting > > > a > > > > flaming laser down somebody's spinal column, but we don't really see a > > > need > > > > for that anymore". I doubt that happening. > > > > > > > > And Mike, to bring up Israel, and then use this as justification for > > what > > > > they do is wrong. Your words were something along the lines of "All > > > right - > > > > Israel has been doing this all along. Now don't you see we are right?" > > > > > > > > This bears repeating since you keep bringing up Israel: > > > > There is no difference between Israelis and Palestinians other than > > their > > > > religion - this is why the world doesn't really do anything about it, > > and > > > > just sits back in disgust. The fact that they're still at war over > > > something > > > > that most people stopped fighting for hundreds of years ago is in fact > > > > disgusting. To continue on and try to make up other reasons is silly > and > > > > ignorant. If nobody was blatantly religious, nobody would know who to > > > kill. > > > > The hardline religion stops, the violence stops. The fact that you're > > > > willing to die just because you're so attached to your religious > beliefs > > > is > > > > your choice, and somewhat respectable, but don't expect the rest of > the > > > > world to support that. Shooting people with rockets is TEMPORARY; in > the > > > > long term it's just more fuel to the fire. Lightening up your > religious > > > > beliefs, and not discriminating against the people who have > conflicting > > > > religious beliefs will fix it. Since that won't happen with either the > > > Jew's > > > > or the Muslim's, then you'll just have to keep killing each other. > Just > > > > because one side uses sophisticated technology doesn't make it right. > I > > > know > > > > you'll say it's the Arabs who are instigating and that you're just > > trying > > > to > > > > live in peace, but they're saying the same thing about you. > > > > > > > > You should also know that the US is taking advantage of the situation > > over > > > > there - how you still don't see this is beyond me. Confilct in that > > region > > > > is what keeps the US in control of the precious oil. Without conflict, > > > that > > > > region might *gasp* prosper, and actually establish itself. > > > > > > > > Adam. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:Acantrell@;kentlaw.edu] > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 3:11 PM > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > Subject: Robotic assassinations. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Surprised nobody has brought up the robotic assassination the > > > > > CIA conducted > > > > > on Sunday in Yemen. > > > > > > > > > > http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20021104/ciadrone.html > > > > > > > > > > Basically they used an unmanned Predator aircraft to fire a > > > > > Hellfire missile > > > > > at some terrorists driving in a car. > > > > > > > > > > What do you think - cowardly or patriotic? > > > > > > > > > > Adam. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
