Worried About China’s Ray Guns, Pentagon Places Ad for Tech Spies -- Robert Beckhusen, War is Boring
Defense Intelligence Agency wants analysts specializing in foreign laser weapons, railguns and satellite-killers
Want to work as a Pentagon spy? Then you better brush up on your directed energy weapons.
The military plans to grow its corps of spies focused on foreign laser weapons. It’s no surprise to see why. Not only could rival countries like China fire laser weapons to shoot down American aircraft, they could also blast beams into space to target U.S. satellites.
That’s the thrust of a request for proposal sent out on April 21 by the Virginia Contracting Activity, the Defense Intelligence Agency’s obliquely-named contracting arm.
In addition to studying laser weapons, the agency wants its expanded spy team to analyze foreign “air defense, surface-to-air missile systems, anti-tactical ballistic missile defense, ballistic missile defense, anti-satellite defense [and] anti-tank guided missile systems,” the DIA stated.
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My Comment: No mention on what is the pay.
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