Army Reconsiders

The U.S. Army is considering duplicating a controversial test of a megawatt-class laser against a satellite to learn more about the impact of directed energy weapons on a spacecraft. Despite widespread opposition in Congress and Russia, the Defense Dept. in early 1998 conducted a lasing experiment...

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