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Message no. 1
From: Marc A Renouf <jormung@*****.UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Japanese Military Tech
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 11:30:35 -0500
On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Midn Daniel O Fredrikson wrote:

> And with Japan's signicant expansion into space, I would be surprised if
> they are not one of the leaders in space-based weapon system, such as
> "Thors hammer" or "brilliant pebbles". Considering also how the
effiecy
> of lasers has increased enough to allow personal laser weapons, it is much
> more likely that they could have massed arrays of space based lasers. And
> you thought that the solar power plants were just for commercial profit.:)

Heh. This eventually leads to the "SOL" unit of Akira fame. For
those who haven't seen it, SOL is an acronym for Satellite Orbital
Laser. Yowza!

Marc
Message no. 2
From: Timothy P Cooper <tpcooper@***.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Japanese Military Tech
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 10:50:11 -0800
>> On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Midn Daniel O Fredrikson wrote:
>
> > And with Japan's signicant expansion into space, I would be surprised if
> > they are not one of the leaders in space-based weapon system, such as
> > "Thors hammer" or "brilliant pebbles". Considering also how
the effiecy
> > of lasers has increased enough to allow personal laser weapons, it is much
> > more likely that they could have massed arrays of space based lasers. And
> > you thought that the solar power plants were just for commercial profit.:)
>
> Heh. This eventually leads to the "SOL" unit of Akira fame. For
> those who haven't seen it, SOL is an acronym for Satellite Orbital
> Laser. Yowza!
>
> Marc

Ahh...Akira...a classic.

-Tim

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