Shooting Down Missiles with Lasers Now a Reality

Back in the 80’s Ronald Reagan started a strategic defense initiative for shooting down incoming ballistic missiles. I also remember playing a board game called Fortress America where the premise of the game was that America was being assaulted from every direction because they were deploying satellites with lasers that could shoot down ballistic missiles from space. Remember, during the cold war one of the things that prevented a nuclear holocaust was the fact that if the USSR shot their missiles at us then we would fire our missiles at them and we would all be destroyed. A strategic missile defense shield would give one side a huge advantage.

Now we have made and successfully tested just such a laser that has destroyed both solid and liquid-fueled missiles while in mid-flight. This is one of the things I don’t mind spending a few $Million tax payer dollars to fund. Read the Missile Defense Agency’s news release here: http://www.mda.mil/news/10news0002.html