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U.S. Considers Anti-Satellite Laser
SpaceAdmiral writes "The U.S. government wants to develop a ground-based weapon to shoot down enemy satellites in orbit. The laser will be much more powerful and sophisticated than a similar endeavor a decade ago. From the article: '... some Congressional Democrats and other experts fault the research as potential fuel for an antisatellite arms race that could ultimately hurt this nation more than others because the United States relies so heavily on military satellites, which aid navigation, reconnaissance and attack warning.'"
WTF? What happened - the Iranians are now developing satellites? al-Qaeda? What a waste of money.
...Maybe not the war, as Iraq is teaching it takes more than bombs to do that...
Remove the "than" from that sentence, and I think we're on to something!
Kind of, except instead of feeding poor people and taking care of them when they're sick it's given to rich people so they can... well, whatever rich people do with more money.