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the inventor of XRASERs is only too well aware. His PhD dissertation on the subject listed only science fiction novels as its references. In these post-Chernobyl days the Star Warrior kind of technical optimism is even harder to swallow. The idea of little hydrogen bomb battle-stations orbiting 22,000 miles above the earth, powerful beams flashing through heaven at the speed of light defending freedom and democracy might well be expected to capture the cowboy fantasies of Ronald Reagan. But how do such fantasies become state policy of such a technically sophisticated society?