Re: Chinese laser ASAT, satellite vulnerability

From: "Allen Thomson" <thomsona@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 24 Sep 2006 07:29:06 -0700

Gene Cash wrote:

Of course a laser is a lot more concentrated per watt... so I don't know
if this is a useful yardstick.

I belatedly remembered that the CIA/NRO appears to have conducted a
laser vulnerability test against one of its own satellites back in
1971:

http://tinyurl.com/zsp3d

.

References:
- Chinese laser ASAT, satellite vulnerability
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