Opinion: Nearing A Laser Tipping Point
Credit: Bill Sweetman/AW&ST
May 1977 saw the premiere of an epic tale in which an evil empire deployed powerful directed-energy weapons in its quest for total domination. Star Wars was first shown in the same month, but AW&ST’s serial scoops on the Soviet Union’s supposed development of laser-based missile defenses were a hit...
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