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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

tumblr -> reddit -> lemmy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I wrote about conservatives thinking wildfires are caused by a space laser weapon to attack the US I would be asked to not make such ridiculous caricatures but https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66457091

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fun fact: Reagon spent over $250B on a space laser program during the cold war. It failed and nothing useful was gained from it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Space lasers work and are a great way to destroy other sattelites. His SDI program was way crazier though, X-ray lasers fueled by shaped charge nukes to shoot down ICBMs.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Still more reasonable than Project Pluto. I can't believe how far we got in that particular mistake.

ETA the x-ray lasers were only a part of it. They were throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what stuck.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is the CIA still messing around with psychics?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Probably.... Does anyone know what the CIA is currently doing?