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                     “Speak softly and carry a big LOSAT.”
                                        
> The LOSAT is a 6 & 1/2 inch dia., 10 ft. long, 150 lb laser beam riding
> missile with impact energy of 60 mega joules. [Compare that with the 12 MJ
> muzzle energy of a 120mm/44 cal NATO gun.] A test program is providing a
> company of them to the 18th Corps. Each launcher has four missiles packed
> on a Hummer chassis.
> 
> There have been a number of LOSAT tests. One, on a M-48 target tank, pushed
> the hull back 10 feet during impact, ignited a _stripped_ tank hull and
> exited the engine grill substantially intact. Another, on an empty-of-
> ammunition T-72, decapitated the turret. These test films are available,
> though tightly held.
> 

—Some comments about military advances [1] from “Jerry Pournelle”'s site.

[1] http://www.jerrypournelle.com/alt.mail/military.html

Email author at sean@conman.org

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