laser vs. artillery shell....

2 posts ยท Nov 6 2002 to Nov 6 2002

From: Aaron Teske <ateske@H...>

Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 22:46:33 -0500

Subject: laser vs. artillery shell....

Heh.  Moving towards starship batteries, perhaps...? ^_-
(Obviously taking the vac-head point of view, but this should still be
of interest to the GROPOS on the list, too!)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2407807.stm

From: Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@t...>

Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 17:52:51 +0100

Subject: Re: laser vs. artillery shell....

> Aaron Teske wrote:

> Heh. Moving towards starship batteries, perhaps...? ^_-

Ah, so the THEL project is still on track - though a couple years or so
delayed from the original schedule <g> For more info on this system, check out
TRW's THEL news page at

http://www.trw.com/presskits/detailinfo/1,,2_12^2^12^23,00.html

Later,