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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Laser Designators
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Date: 22 Jan 91 02:07:50 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>From: fsbgf@acad3.alaska.edu
>I heard a rumor during the attack on Iraq that the U.S. Military was using
>satellites to designate targets using laser beams....

I'd class this as very unlikely.  The idea is not ridiculous, but the US
satellite fleet is a handful of very big and very expensive satellites
dedicated to strategic missions, not the swarm of small ones that would be
needed to have satellites "on call" for such tactical uses.
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