The World - News from Oct. 27, 1986
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The Soviet Union is more advanced than the United States in “Star Wars” technology and has used lasers to disable three U.S. satellites in space, the Hamburg-published Bild newspaper reported. About 10,000 Soviet scientists are working on high-energy laser weapons that will be able to shoot down nuclear missiles, the newspaper said. Bild said its data came from “top secret” papers. There was no immediate U.S. reaction to the story.
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