starfire has been used primarily in the past to do research on satellite tracking also they've done a lot of work in astronomy with the range finding of stars he use the laser to be able to help tell you where the star is and how far away it is in the budget documents from the air force there's also been mention of the use a starfire for anti satellite weapons. the air force told congress that it had no intentions of using starfire for anything related to you and he cell phones however they are doing it just to make the laser beam very ski. and make it stay very stable as it goes up and they're going to target that on a salary. if you're tracking a phallic you don't need a very skinny laser beam in fact what kind of allied with because you wanted me to catch it in the right. so. many of us here concerned that this kind of a test is actually an anti-satellite weapons test and discussed. in april of two thousand and five the air force launched an experimental satellite its name was the tax s. because whoever. theoretically this experimental microsatellite has the ability to disrupt othe