[LMB] LMB Tech In The News: Laser Weapon Development Against Orbiting Satellites

[Laura Gallagher]

Alfred Kelgarries wrote:
> >From Slashdot:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/03/washington/03laser.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

I forwarded this on to Karl.  He says

Reporters freaking out because optics research is being funded out of
a different pot of money. They're trying to build adaptive optics to
compensate for atmospheric distortion. Apparently the pure-research
money ran out, so now they're pitching it as weapons research. Same
project, new label. Those lasers were blinking at some of the birds I
worked on in the AF. I generated visibility schedules for them.

and recommends:
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002380.html