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:One note: it was less that the third-generation weapons and X-ray lasers were impractical, as that treaties, such as demilitarization of space, prevented any testing. --[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 02:05, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
:One note: it was less that the third-generation weapons and X-ray lasers were impractical, as that treaties, such as demilitarization of space, prevented any testing. --[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 02:05, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
::Yeah, but that didn't matter to Teller.  But Brown and May make no reference about the political infeasibility, only that it was "technically unworkable."  [[User:Russell D. Jones|Russell D. Jones]] 02:31, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
::Yeah, but that didn't matter to Teller.  But Brown and May make no reference about the political infeasibility, only that it was "technically unworkable."  [[User:Russell D. Jones|Russell D. Jones]] 02:31, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
:::Thus Brown and May don't really know if it was technically unworkable or not. You can't find out if an X-ray laser works without a nuclear explosion in space. --[[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 03:19, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

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 Definition:  (1908-2003) One of the most controversial scientists of the 20th century because of his role as the main developer of the hydrogen bomb, his outspoken defense of an unassailable nuclear arsenal, and support for President Reagan's Strategic Defensive Initiative. [d] [e]
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What remains to be done with this article? It seems quite developed to me. Russell D. Jones 01:15, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

One note: it was less that the third-generation weapons and X-ray lasers were impractical, as that treaties, such as demilitarization of space, prevented any testing. --Howard C. Berkowitz 02:05, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, but that didn't matter to Teller. But Brown and May make no reference about the political infeasibility, only that it was "technically unworkable." Russell D. Jones 02:31, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
Thus Brown and May don't really know if it was technically unworkable or not. You can't find out if an X-ray laser works without a nuclear explosion in space. --Howard C. Berkowitz 03:19, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
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