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From: stevew@wyse.wyse.com (Steve Wilson x2580 dept303)
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Subject: Re: US intercepting an ICBM
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Date: 15 Oct 90 03:40:47 GMT
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From: stevew@wyse.wyse.com (Steve Wilson x2580 dept303)

In article <1990Oct8.030534.12102@cbnews.att.com>  writes:
>I know the F-15 has some sort of missile it can launch at
>satellites, but isn't there some other missile being
>worked on that is airlaunched at ICBM's?   I thought
>we had something like that.
>
>Rick

Rick is referring to the original US ASAT program which 
Congress unilateraly curtailed testing of.  The US currently
doesn't have an in-place ASAT capability.  There is a new
version on the drawing board but it isn't clear to me that
it will do any better politically than the original system.

I'd GUESS that the patriot probably has a capability of 
dealing with killing an inbound sub-orbital missile in
it's terminal phase, i.e. just before it hits.

Steve Wilson