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Big Freakin' Laser Beams In Space

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sharks-next-on-the-docket dept.

schnippy writes "Esquire is running an interesting article on the work on adaptive optics and directed energy being done at the U.S. Air Force's Starfire Optical Observatory. This facility was the subject of a New York Times article earlier this year which suspected the facility was conducting anti-satellite weapons research under the cover of astronomy."

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  1. Focusing Like a Laser on the Economy by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

    Bush just can't wait for Democrats to take the blame for retreating from his Iraq War, so Bush can get back to his original plan to spend $TRILLIONS on his favorite boondoggle, the Star Wars missile defense.

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    1. Re:Focusing Like a Laser on the Economy by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

      We've spent $BILLIONS on Star Wars, and it doesn't work. It's a boondoggle.

      Just because you didn't read about it in the Drudge Report doesn't mean it isn't true. It means it is true.

      Remind me again which master of the economy you've been voting for the past 6 years? Which master of military strategy? Which master of science?

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    2. Re:Focusing Like a Laser on the Economy by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

      Google links to documentation, helpfully filtered by simple search terms. If you can't even click Google, your opinion on Star Wars is worthless.

      Anonymous Baba the Hut Coward.

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