Re: Planetary defenses

Thomas Barclay <Thomas.Barclay@sofkin.ca> wrote:
>> Los spake thusly upon matters weighty:
>> We talked about this a few weeks ago. The US is fielding an
operational
>> fleet of seven 747-400 mounted ABM lasers. They've liked the
atmosphere
>> thing in testing at least.  Power would be the main consideration.
>Sure they aren't X-Ray lasers though?
    The 747 ABM laser uses visible, or very close to it, light lasers.
X-ray
lasers are typically powered by a nuclear weapon and destroy their own
aimer.
    The article describing the equipment, showed how the beam was
predistorted to compensate for atmospheric interference. Before you ask,
the
equipment is intended to be used above the clouds. :-)

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