Army begins to fund solid state laser weapon development

The U.S. Army is "part and parcel" of a more defined Dept. of Defense high energy laser program, and is stressing work on solid state lasers that could be used on future battlefields, said Lt. Gen. John Costello, commander of Army Space and Missile Defense Command. Dolores Etter, deputy under...

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