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Volume 315 Issue 6017, 23 May 1985

Opinion

  • The British government's latest policy document on higher education is a disgrace. Academics now have nothing to lose but the tenure of their jobs (itself proscribed).

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  • A constellation of laser battle stations in low Earth orbit could intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in their boost phase. If such lasers are available decades hence, they will face fast-burn ICBMs and find their task more difficult. How difficult is shown by an elementary analysis taking into account laser retarget time.

    • Richard L. Garwin
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