7 Feb
2015
7 Feb
'15
6:02 a.m.
On 2/7/15, Gus gus@8p6sm.net wrote:
On 02/06/2015 10:56 PM, Bryce Salmi wrote:
This has existed for a long time. There's not much new.
The idea of using an F-15 as a launch platform has been around for decades. The Starwars program planned to use this technique to shoot down enemy satellites in wartime. And that was back when Reagan was in the Whitehouse.
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The feasibility of this was demonstrated in a test conducted nearly 30 years ago. An F-15 launched a small rocket and it destroyed a defunct satellite.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL