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From: METH@USC-ISI@sri-unix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re:  Laser Weapons
Message-ID: <4670@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Aug-83 19:13:22 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 29 19:13:22 1983
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Re: Laser Weapons

     The  more  appropriate  point  is  that   the 
Soviets  already have a space weapon.   Be that as 
it may,  things are not always as they seem.   Dr. 
Cooper has the freedom to say what he said because 
the  state of the art in  space  (laser,  particle 
beam,  microwave, kinetic, etc.) weaponry is still 
at  the point where the mere threat of  developing 
the  technology  is  a viable  leverage  point  in 
negotiations.   The  threat to our security is not 
the  missiles the USSR has already,  but would  be 
the  fielding  of an  operational  space  weaponry 
system,  or  the  development of  a  significantly 
better ICBM.

-Sheldon Meth
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