FRIDAY SURPRISE: "Why no, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"

Friday, December 18, 2009 Filed in: Friday Surprise!, History

A lot of controversy still swirls over President Reagan's space-based initiatives, collectively referred to as "Star Wars." While a lot of Americans didn't take him seriously, some very important Soviets did.

Air & Space Magazine published this terrific article on the race to put laser weapons into orbit, focusing on the Soviet Skif-DM project. Great read about a little known (and even less understood) time in our recent past.

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