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Reagans Star Wars doesnt seem so crazy now
« on: October 28, 2018, 02:30:14 PM »
I was a kid, but remember the jokes and sneers that Reagan and Bush wanted to pursue Space defense systems...now I kinda wish we had a whole system of satellites and gps technology specifally ready for war and everyone else was behind because we started the crazy idea in the 80s.

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Re: Reagans Star Wars doesnt seem so crazy now
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2018, 02:46:46 PM »
No, it's still a bunch of baloney, then as now. America doesn't have the technology or the military budget at the moment to create an impregnable nuclear shield against the delivery devices that exist in the Russian Federation and the PRC. Could we intercept slower rockets from weaker countries, or even indeed those I mentioned? Yep, the tech is all there. But there's plenty that would penetrate the country's airspace and (theoretically) leave even large cities like New York or San Francisco into a pile of ash, to be naturally followed by similar retribution from us.

In other words, what Trump is proposing is not Reagan's hypothetical and never-attempted space shield. He's proposing an actual force that would operate, at least partially, in outer space. The rationale is probably to proactively stop threats rather than hope for an unlikely giant iron dome over the continent to do it instead.

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Re: Reagans Star Wars doesnt seem so crazy now
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2018, 12:21:30 PM »
I'm convinced we have some ABL and space based laser/particle beam defense systems that work.
I have no idea how effective they are in terms of a total defense shield.

I'm convinced you have absolutely no idea what the hell you're talking about, as with virtually every other subject you pontificate about on here (to the disdain and perennial irritation of everyone else).

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Re: Reagans Star Wars doesnt seem so crazy now
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2018, 12:27:20 PM »
I'm convinced you have absolutely no idea what the hell you're talking about, as with virtually every other subject you pontificate about on here (to the disdain and perennial irritation of everyone else).

This is true.

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Re: Reagans Star Wars doesnt seem so crazy now
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2018, 08:46:26 PM »
I was a kid, but remember the jokes and sneers that Reagan and Bush wanted to pursue Space defense systems...now I kinda wish we had a whole system of satellites and gps technology specifally ready for war and everyone else was behind because we started the crazy idea in the 80s.

They had every intention of doing it without Congressional approval.

It was a black project.

It has existed for decades.

It is called Solar Warden.