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The Laser intended for Polyurea was tested on the Beriev A-60, so the equipment required already existed. I think the main issue is whether Moscow can actually get something into orbit before the USSR ceases to exist.I can just see a situation where the Americans manage to get an actual laser cannon into space, and then it's the awkward 'oh shit we need a working one now' moment from Moscow.
@Archibald - I think I recall a comment from one of my books that the Soviets regarded Reagan's offer to share SDI with them as being a sort of n-dimensional chess move that they couldn't quite grasp, but had to be a cunning ploy - because no-one would be that daft, surely?
Or is that just what they want you to think....?A lesson here about Fifth Dimensional Chess Playing.
A lesson here about Fifth Dimensional Chess Playing.