Re: Imagine: 500 Miles Per Gallon

In article <pan.2006.08.08.22.36.59.330610@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Rich Grise <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[...]
But if Black Hat launches an intercontinental ballistic missile, and
White Hat has an airborne laser,
http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/program/abl.htm
then he can shoot down the missile while it's in boost phase.

.... or maybe not. He has to put enough heat into a small area on the
rocket to damage it. This requires some darn good shooting. Doubly so if
the target is spinning, because you have to get it all into one punch.

[...]
In fact, I'm currently working on tooling for the components of the
ABL, and it's OK, even though I'm a pacifist, because it is the only
weapon ever devised so far that can _ONLY_ be used for defense. The
laser is useless below about 30,000 feet because of atmospheric
scatter.

It could be used to shoot down someone's aircraft, so it isn't perfectly a
defensive weapon.

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