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NYT: Air Force Seeks Bush's Approval for Space Weapons Programs
New York Times ^
| May 18, 2005
| TIM WEINER
Posted on 05/18/2005 6:17:05 AM PDT by OESY
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To: OESY
We need to be first with weapons like this. We need space superiority.
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05/19/2005 6:46:20 AM PDT
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Paul_Denton
(Get the U.N. out of the U.S. and U.S. out of the U.N.!)
To: conservativewasp
Yep. I've wondered how plausable/effective a kenetic energy gun striking land targets could be. Basically a rail gun firing a projectile at 10km/sec, apparently the speed of you average space body (meteor, etc). The impact on earth would be like a small meteor strike, they can deliver a real punch. It would hit 40 or so seconds after firing. With a ring of a dozen satellites you could hit anywhere on earth within a minute. Think really heavy artillery.It would be very effective. A 20,000 pound tungsten rod traveling at that speed would be equivilant to a tactical nuclear weapon.
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05/19/2005 7:02:53 AM PDT
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Paul_Denton
(Get the U.N. out of the U.S. and U.S. out of the U.N.!)
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