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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Laser Weapons
Message-ID: <3178@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 28-Aug-83 04:15:40 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 28 04:15:40 1983
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"......DARPA Director Robert Cooper told the Congress on March 23 of this
year, 'We are conducting research and planning related to space weaponry,
but I emphasize that no commitment has been made to acquire space-based
weapons.  And we will proceed only if our national security is so
threatened.'"

The director of DARPA does not think that 1000+ Soviet ICBMs (the most
prominent targets for space weaponry) are a threat to the national
security of the United States.  Charming.  He's been in the Pentagon
too long, I think.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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