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Apr 9, 2020

The Pentagon Wants an Orbital Space Weapon to Blast Enemy Missiles

Posted by in categories: military, particle physics, space

You know the scene in “Akira” where Tetsuo rips a satellite space weapon out of orbit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxh-IjxG2KY

Now the U.S. military wants to try something similar, according to Defense One. The Pentagon is requesting hundreds of millions of dollars to ramp up space-based weaponry including particle beams and space lasers that’ll fire downward at Earthly targets — a dark vision of the militarization of space.

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