The DemonRats are the Benedict Arnolds of our time.
What were we doing with all our shuttle launches over the years Nachum? I think at least half the flights were black flights. hell the real reason we have a shuttle is for black flights.
I always hoped we were positioning some kinda Death Ray in geosynchronous orbit directly above Peking. Knock their junk down right after launch. That would be sweet.
Regards.
Arguably the biggest legacy. Time will tell.
Could they simply have intended to sabotage that orbit with wreckage?
I would think an aircraft based laser would have many advantages over a ground based laser.
It would not need to be as powerful because it wound not need to fire through as much of the atmosphere, it would be mobile and therefore more difficult for an enemy to destroy, the flexible mirror technology may not need to be as sophisticated because most of the atmospheric turbulence is closer to the ground.
Think this is a form of " communications". The Strategic Ballistic Missile Defense communicates to the Chinese " Don't build an expensive missile system because it will be useless because we an shoot them down. The Chinese response is " We will build the capability to destroy the satellites upon which the SBMD relies.
The solution?.....I dunno, But it is gonna be expensive.