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You know the scene<\/a> in “Akira” where Tetsuo rips a satellite space weapon out of orbit?<\/p> Now the U.S. military wants to try something similar, according to Defense One<\/em><\/a>. 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.<\/p> According to Defense One, <\/em>a Missile Defense Agency document released this week describes the military’s ambitions to disable ballistic missiles right as they launch.<\/p> “The addition of the neutral particle Beam effort will design, develop, and conduct a feasibility demonstration for a space-based Directed Energy Intercept layer,” it reads. “This future system will offer new kill options for the [Ballistic Missile Defense System] and adds another layer of protection for the homeland.”<\/p> Several contractors have prepared prototype orbital weaponry designs for the Pentagon over the years, according to Defense One<\/em>, but they’ve been enormous and impractical. But now officials hope advances could make such a weapon feasible for a test by 2023.<\/p> “We’ve come a long way in terms of the technology we use today to where a full, all-up system wouldn’t be the size of three of these conference rooms, right?” said a senior defense official, according to Defense One<\/em>. “We now believe we can get it down to a package that we can put on as part of a payload to be placed on orbit.”<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Pentagon Wants to Test A Space-Based Weapon in 2023<\/a> [Defense One<\/em>]<\/p><\/div> More on space lasers:<\/strong> Russia Wants to Vaporize Space Junk With a Laser. There Is No Way This Will Go Wrong.<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div> The post The Pentagon Wants an Orbital Space Weapon to Blast Enemy Missiles<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Original post: Space Laser You know the scene in \u201cAkira\u201d where Tetsuo rips a satellite space weapon out of orbit? Now the U.S. military wants to try something similar, according to\u00a0 Defense One Continue reading Ballistic Missiles<\/h2>
Orbital Weaponry<\/h2>
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