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The X-37B sits on top of an Atlas V rocket
Airborne Laser Shoots Down Missile
Originally posted by Silcone Synapse
Great thread anon72,
What amazes me about this subject are two things.
1: Only 5 years or so ago US,Russia/China were all saying how important it is not to militarise space.
2:Now space is suddenly militarised,and its all in the newspapers,I have to wonder what else is already up there...this has been going on for a long while IMO,Look at what the Soviets had on the cards back in the 1960s:
Originally posted by Silcone Synapse
2:Now space is suddenly militarised,and its all in the newspapers,I have to wonder what else is already up there...this has been going on for a long while IMO,Look at what the Soviets had on the cards back in the 1960s: