John Smith added these comments in the current discussion du
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A few years ago I had the opportunity to see the ABL at an
airshow. The crew was on-hand to answer questions.
I asked one of the operators how they were going to vent the
heat generated by the chemical lasers?
His response at that time was that they were still working on
solving that problem.

Assuming that ABL had weapons potential then, do you really think
he'd have told you the truth, assuming he even knew? I'm not a
conspiracy believer but I'd have to believe that something as
powerful as the Enterprise's main phasor banks would likely be a
Top Secret defense initiative.

--
HP, aka Jerry

"Surely you can't be serious! And don't call me Shirley!" - from
the movie "Airplane!"