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Submission + - China Tests Anti-Satellite Laser Weapon

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schnippy

on Wednesday January 17, 2007 @10:15PM

schnippy writes: "U.S. intelligence agencies believe that China has successfully tested an anti-satellite weapon by destroying one of their old weather satellites. The test, if confirmed, would be an order of magnitude more provocative than earlier reports of Chinese blinding lasers being. Arms Control Wonk has a good writeup on what this will mean for U.S. policy."

Submission + - Big Freakin' Laser Beams in Space

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schnippy

on Wednesday November 15, 2006 @01:27PM

schnippy writes: "Interesting story in Esquire 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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