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Laser-directed bombs usually require the coordination of at least two aircraft: one circles above and trains a pencil-thin beam of laser light on the target, while the other drops its bombs in the general direction of the object. Responding to infra-red sensors mounted in their noses, the bombs ride the beam's reflections in a long glide pattern to the target. Sometimes they strike within a 5-ft. radius of the bull...
...future military uses of lasers, which include a laser "zap gun" for burning or blinding the enemy; guidance systems for missiles; range-finders for tanks; and techniques for defusing incoming ICBM's. The Defense Marketing Survey--the authoritative source on weapons manufacturers--calls it the "space age miracle beam of light," and its space-age potential is being developed right in Everett...
Whether prime-time shows are network-produced or bought from outside, the networks' function remains the same: they schedule time for the shows, sell advertising for them, then beam them out to local affiliates (who have the option of not carrying them, but do not exercise it frequently). The most ominously unclear aspect of the suits concerned the networks' leeway on program selection and scheduling. Was the Justice Department directly attacking the networks' "control of access" to air time, and therefore their ability to function as networks? The department spokesman insisted that the networks "can decide what...
...assembled scientists and technicians had every reason for jubilation. After many plaguing problems, the world's largest atom smasher had reached its programmed energy level of 200 billion electron volts (GeV).* That was not only the most powerful beam ever achieved by an accelerator, but also far surpassed the former record achieved by the Russians in their 76 GeV machine outside Moscow. Just back from congressional appropriations hearings in Washington, NAL'S beleaguered director, Physicist Robert R. Wilson, happily passed out champagne in goblets saved for the occasion and emblazoned with...
Despite those misfortunes, Wilson managed to generate a 200 GeV beam before July 1972, the originally scheduled target date. He also stayed within budget even with the expensive magnet repairs (estimated cost: $1,000,000). Was the monumental effort really worth it? Addressing himself to that question at the congressional hearing, Wilson had no doubts. "We can say," he testified, "that we are about to complete a new scientific instrument that will allow us to see much deeper into the atom, that we know there is much yet to be seen and that the new knowledge will help us better...