Re: Slow planes was: Battle blimps

On 18-Apr-02 at 16:35, Robert Makowsky (rmakowsky@yahoo.com) wrote:

> I do not see enough armament and stealth gear to keep
> them safe without a large escort that can keep the
> threat away.

You don't think the big laser they are proposing for knocking
down intermediate range missiles would take down an airplane?
They are mounting the thing in a big jet.