Strategic Defense Initiative Star Wars

Strategic Defense Initiative Star Wars. Old Video I found. Quite interesting. SDI would have worked. It was well on it's way before funding was pulled.
yes I know there is only the right channel. cope!
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[@ghostjohn2001]

I was on duty when this Missile was launched, about 400 yards from the Missile itself. FYI, yes....the system did work in the 80's....I know from first hand experience, as much of it as was allowed to be developed. George Bush Sr. redirected funding almost immediately after being elected. It was a very interesting experience, although I wasn't too crazy about ICBM's hitting so close as in the earlier "missions" they didn't always land where they were supposed to.

[@thomasnikkola5600]

A friend of mines father was instrumental in the Brilliant Pebbles initiative. That was genius and the most viable of all the Star Wars proposals. The only hold back was with 1980s technology they couldn't make it work to scale. Today's technology could easily facilitate the system.

[@nicoliedolpot7213]

we already have all the technology, Starlink currently has more satellites in LEO than what Brilliant Pebbles required to operate constantly, and SpaceX keeps replacing 50+ of them for each and every week.

[@anthonyfernandez7833]

@@nicoliedolpot7213 yup and when starship comes online...holy crap.

[@AdmiralPreparedness]

I witnessed a test firing of the BRILLIANT PEBBLES (KKD) flight hardware at Phillips Labs, Lehman Ridge, Edwards Air Force Base.... It came off the cradle and tracked a satellite and fell into a cargo net below the cradle. Blew my mind!!

[@ghostjohn2001]

This was classified "Top Secret" at the time, and much of it I'm sure still is. I was there many years. Upon leaving, I was taken to a room and debriefed by two CIA agents, who then asked me to sign a non-disclosure agreement and also authorizing them to investigate me in the USA for a period of "X" number of years. Personnel on all Islands had to go into "bunkers" during missions, (not myself or coworkers). The longer the "tail" on incoming missiles, the farther away they hit.

[@rock3tcatU233]

Imagine the amount of spinoff technology potential this would have. From composite molybdenum mirrors to diamond computers...

[@johnmarshall4442]

June 7th 2021 , there was more behind this than we were led to believe back then .

[@strf90105]

21:41 getting second hand joy from hearing the team's reaction to the success of the hover test.

[@ADDMEONPSN]

I seen this lil guy in the museum its amazing how it works.

[@kevykev913]

" a nuclear bomb can ruin your whole day" I will have to use that one at next party

[@p1ll]

i have been looking fo r this video for years . I used the audio for samples in techno music. now I have the video once again! WOOOOT

[@johnparker4538]

Quite revealing at 15:50 where it discusses processing power. Today the equivalent processors would be a thousand times more powerful. Makes you think!

[@thomasnikkola5600]

Read my comment that's exactly why they couldn't put a system on line.

[@mifune9634]

@ 19:09 A "kill enhancement device to improve lethality" LOL! That's awesome.

[@scarakus]

"LAMP" Lᴀʀɢᴇ Aᴅᴠᴀɴᴄᴇᴅ Mɪʀʀᴏʀ Pʀᴏɢʀᴀᴍ... I like how they give this stuff cool relevant names. I think they start with the name 1st, then make up what it means afterwards.

[@bobthompson4319]

Iv thought the same thing. Because how do the acronyms always work out to a neat lil name. And you can see the ones they didn't start with the name because they ad on a bunch of letters that aren't in the name.

[@kono6]

this video is many years old, imagine what we have now.

[@mifune9634]

@ 19:47 "At the incredible closing speeds of BP vehicle and a boosting rocket, over 14,000 km/s" There's no way in hell that's correct. That's 5% of the speed of light. I'm sure it's actually "over 14,000 km/h".

[@lisinkad]

He said 14km/s

[@chuckdavinci9044]

It's not even 1% of c.

[@johnparker4538]

Absolutely loving this video!

[@kernals12]

The United States does have a nuclear defense system, it is based on Anti ballistic missiles, however tests on railguns and lasers are proving successful and could be used in the future

[@kernals12]

the US currently does have a missile defense system, but it is meant for: A. A limited launch by an unsophisticated adversary (e.g. Iran, North Korea) B. An accidental or unauthorized launch by an advanced nation (e.g. Russia, China) not a full scale attack by an advanced nation as the SDI was meant for

[@ghostjohn2001]

Of course, a big risk from the incoming missiles was the "second stages" that separated from the missile but still had a forward trajectory, and on occasion hit different Islands, even crashing through the roof of a building next to us once. A Russian spy ship can be seen in other SDI videos on KZbin, it was nicknamed "Brand X", a nearly snow white ship, which was filmed by a nut in a nylon harness hanging out the back of a "Caribou" aircraft, lol, long story.

[@ericzerkle5214]

Remember this well.. The USSR at that time whined that SDI would obsolete all of their missile systems....

[@RCAvhstape]

A lot of this stuff did work but wasn't ready for real world use without more money. I'll tell you more in the next

[@lorenzoabad4691]

Wow Jupiter looks awesome in tonights skyline!!! :-)

[@scarakus]

well the kinetic missiles work good, we shot down one of our satellites in 2008...

[@Robonoobatron]

:l My left ear feels left out but thanks for the upload.

[@dANNNimal]

my right ;/

[@eericw31]

I've worked with Maapex 1-17 in order to produce magnetic tapes (BASF and SONY).

[@LeaveMyGun]

If they were working on this really hard since the 80's we would have it full operational today..

[@702LauraLamb]

LeaveMyGun so why do we think it’s not fully operational today? It’s not like we ever needed to use it, God forbid.

[@ghostjohn2001]

Thank George H.W. Bush for that. Two days after he was sworn in as President, he shut down the testing and operations. This just a couple of months after the first successful intercept.

[@wakosoto]

Have you ever heard of Black projects?

[@jennifercarruth2811]

@@702LauraLamb Now its 2023 and the nuclear option is coming close, so now say that whenever 2024 hits and the world's almost ending

[@kyrkbymannen]

It would never have worked in the 80's in my opinion.. but i'm conviced it is fully working today!

[@vertice2759]

if u had something that could defeat someones nuclear capability im pretty sure that would be the most top secret thing ever. literally i dont think anything else could ever be more secret.

[@tomp2008]

awesome narrator

[@ominousmaximus]

They don't tell you about the platforms there with tungsten rods that can hit with enough kinetic energy it could cause Fukushima...oops

[@ThunderAppeal]

This should have strategically defended against left ear phone emptiness.

[@capth00k]

Funding was NOT pulled, this program went BLACK, SDI is operational and has been for quite some time ; in fact it's more sophisticated than the mid to late 80s depiction

[@SpectrumSurvivalist]

It's not black, they don't deny they have it, last update I saw was this past February.

[@teksal13]

Capt h00k - And how do you know this?

[@mobius1504]

I wonder what kind of technology we are using at this time that derived from this program, Id imagine Ground based Lasers or Hyper Velocity gun with Peebles

[@nielskerszemaker5377]

glad to be alive

[@joshnash2048]

Good old news and nice info. It's funny we had Tesla technology at this time and before, and we were to blind and dumb to realize it. Today you can knock a plane or any missile out of the Sky with a Frequency Weapon.

[@christiancapitalist501]

Does anyone really believe funding was really pulled? Black budget for sure.

[@danielcruz8347]

Fairchild Lite-Brite Brilliant Fruity Pebbles....

[@ambay111664]

Quite information given to the world. China must have acquired all this info and used against enemy.

[@randy109]

I've worked in the Aerospace Industry (DoD employee, California) for over 35 years. Back when these infomercials were aired we could actually shoot down 1 missile using various systems. To shoot down just ONE missile took the best and brightest in the field after months of preparation to show the system "worked". If someone fired one HUNDRED missiles at us we could possibly shoot down 3 or 4 IF we were warned and enough ABM systems were built and fielded. In the 80's that was acceptable because the technology was so new. What about now, in 2015? We have no true missile defense and if we spent $200 Billion to field the current technology in adequate numbers I strongly doubt we could shoot down 5% of incoming ICBM's and only if we knew when they were coming and their trajectories. Some people really believe we have this stuff and that we are "safe" to some great degree. Truth is, we are naked to incoming ICBM's. Also, if our technology is somewhat better than I portray the Russians will likely quadruple the number of incoming "Warheads" by releasing Kevlar/Mylar decoys among their MIRV's to overwhelm our systems. SDI was, AND IS, just wishful thinking but it did scare the hell out of the old Soviet Union.

[@mchouinard625]

+randy109 Do you think a viable defense against ICBMs could come around within the next twenty years? Fifty?

[@jamiethedon3484]

+Marcel Chouinard harrp

[@matthewrhodes9445]

+Marcel Chouinard there already is a defence system now

[@oldman9843]

I think now these many years after , Star Wars was a bluff but Regan played his hand like no other . It worked great and yes it did scare the hell out of the old Soviet Union .

[@SpectrumSurvivalist]

"Some people really believe we have this stuff and that we are "safe" to some great degree. " That's because we do. " Also, if our technology is somewhat better than I portray the Russians will likely quadruple the number of incoming "Warheads" by releasing Kevlar/Mylar decoys among their MIRV's to overwhelm our systems. " They may do it, I imagine they would anyway so no need to come here telling lies like we don't have it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1091907/missile-defense-official-helps-pentagon-celebrate-engineers-week/ If we don't have it someone forgot to tell Keith L. Englander. "In 2002, the BMDO became the Missile Defense Agency, and MDA scientists and engineers continued to research and develop hit-to-kill technologies and later to test and field elements of today’s Ballistic Missile Defense System. The system’s architecture includes:" WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2017 I don't believe you ever worked on Star Wars, but if you did, then stop trying to blow smoke up our ass. www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/donald-trump-missile-defense-star-wars

[@loretyr_748]

Nice cause nasa did not want people to see it a long time ago so thx🎁

[@John-rn1nm]

With the computer power today the Strategic Defense Initiative should be a reality today instead of just a scrapped plan in the 80's. It its needed more than ever today with Russia and China at large and running wild.

[@ghostjohn2001]

I'm pretty sure the Patriot Missile used the guidance system developed by SDI, or one very similar.

[@csn6234]

Lmao. Nope.

[@NickF1227]

Diamond microprocessors? How? No industrial company has gotten taht down...even 30 years later?

[@caribman10]

Calling this "Star Wars" is an insult. And nobody involved in SDI ever called it that. It was a dumb thing to call it by uninformed members of the press with no military experience, and it was obvious.

[@minecraftwizzard2010]

Death Star

[@am74343]

The people screaming and hollering are hilarious!!!

[@frankanbeans8528]

"funding pulled" nothing to see here folks

[@GrayFoxROU]

The Eastern Europe Missile Shield is based on the SDI, am I correct?

[@dmnchi]

21:42 LOOOOL

[@Mwahaha105]

The MDA now has lasers.

[@non-human3072]

My left ear is deaf ...

[@borankim9049]

Very amazing the world of American battle with the enemy

[@RainbowManification]

1:33 Is this dude seriously explaining to us what an acronym is? How stupid does he think we are?

[@wolvarine35]

+Ben Bosley its targeted towards cake eating civilians.

[@Alanoffer]

Bobcat Hilary Clinton voters need it explaining the most

[@MaskedVengeanceTV]

well he probably thinks 21st century American stupid.......

[@rocketassistedgoat1079]

Much of his audience, would be low-IQ halfwits who would later go on to vote for Trump...so there's your answer. Pretty-fucking stupid, as proven by scientific peer-reviewed studies I might add. But then, the only people who DON'T think Trump supporters are the thickest people in the country, are Trump supporters.

[@teksal13]

Rocketassgoaqt-You are a complete idiot.

[@todkapuz]

BP-1101 23 MIPS, 66 Watts.... Iphone 5S 18200 MIPS couple of watts

[@unitedwestand5100]

This is old...

[@ghostjohn2001]

What would you like to know?

[@04040040]

fuck! im sure all of this gone out of control few years ago, now we have a apocalyptic arsenal on sky over us ....

[@csn6234]

"It was well on its way before funding was pulled." Uh, no, it was not well in its way. In fact, it was a long way from becoming a reality. Take it from someone who worked at the plant where a lot of SDI research occurred.

[@shelliesman7552]

CSN LLNL?

[@ghostjohn2001]

I worked with the missiles themselves, including the successful intercept, it worked.

[@erickieffer8440]

@@ghostjohn2001 Those intercepts were awesome! Good job man.

[@ghostjohn2001]

I was referring to the launch @8:15

[@ghostjohn2001]

Actually Ulf, it did work....I was there for several years and witnessed that first hand.

[@robrocksea]

Yea It Worked like the Great Wall of China. Only Covered Part of US. And was never designed to intercept Anything that came from the East, West or South Short or Long Range. Like somebody's Great Big Fence. Just Swim Around It. It's not like they could fly-in from anywhere. Did the Berlin Wall Work? Or Northern Ireland Walls, or maybe smaller, like the White House Fence and Walls. Every measure can be beaten for a Tenth or Hundredth of the cost. Learn Your History! Every Defensive Barrier/Wall/Castle Has Been Broken. Even Before Troy. A Strong or New Offence has breached Every Defense, with Time and an Idea. One Nuclear Detonation in Space or High Altitude Will Fry All Tracking Systems within line of sight. It could not work against All Bombers, Cruise Missles, Subs or even Mules.

[@tombouie]

?Where do I sign-up?

[@lh1690]

27:30 - 50MeV? That's sod all. Does he mean 50MW?

[@theflinx]

50Mev is the same a 0.0000000000000022252452289999958 watt hours

[@kernals12]

5:02 South Korea, the irony

[@am74343]

What, exactly, is the full title of this video?

[@benquinney2]

Catchers mitt

[@thelovertunisia]

Do GPS satellites have BP second capability maybe, lol Who knows.

[@151darthvader]

Still waiting for darth vader

[@am74343]

And to think... if we'd just have put this into space 30 years ago, we wouldn't have to be dealing with Vladimir Putin today. Our politicians are so moronic and short-sighted.

[@uprsng44]

21:44 what is it?!

[@GroovyVideo2]

giant waste

[@mindfulmunchkin1215]

Ground laser relayed via satellite to over a million preselected targets with up to date location tracking via cell phone data.... sleep well😉

[@messerschmittbolkow5606]

?

[@jspla]

I got zapped by a DEW couple months back. My left ball is gigantic now.

[@shingotanaka5100]

When was this film made? During Reagan or Bush???

[@sferrin2]

Most likely late 80's early 90's.

[@shingotanaka5100]

Thank you. I asked such the question because I am now researching the difference of "Brilliant Pebbles" of Reagan's SDI and Bush's .

[@sferrin2]

shingo tanaka Look up "smart rocks" too.

[@ericzerkle5214]

South Korea? Huh????

[@levert.gomellewis.8306]

elmer reed

[@kamilkadze]

Uncle Sam won

[@billyvon666]

wow, Regan's idea of just doing this star wars program caused the USSR to pretty much go bankrupt.

[@jim7627]

Yes! Good stuff .... KAG!

[@robrocksea]

yea the previous 40 years had nothing to do with it. And what makes you think we 'Won'???

[@barryhill1044]

During this video No one mentions the elephant in the room, Where would all these ‘destroyed’ nuclear warheads fall to earth ( short of their target’s ) etc...?

[@alicekennedy5947]

Star Wars is uselessly over-expensive. A 20% success rate of that thing would be an achievement! That thing is just turning allies against each others and away from any normal discussion. 1 person, 1 job, 1 salary, 1 home, 1 medicare, 1 pension... and no fear about the future.

[@zeki99zeki99]

Source Destruction İnitiative...

[@csn6234]

Strategic Defense Initiative. Dumbass.

[@theflinx]

blocked, for stupidity - inbetweentics

[@vanceduke5196]

As a Lawyer for the United Association of Space and Secular "U-ass". I have informed you earthlings to cease and desist all matters related to your so called SDI program.

[@ManuelPinner]

This Video is Showing 60 Year Old Technology, DARPA Have Made these System Long ago, The World Fastest Computer is in a DARPA Lab Not China, Sorry to break the Bad News, I Love DARPA, Thank You DARPA for Keeping us All Safe here at Home,