BoeingPlans SDI-Type Mirror System

Boeing is developing an elaborate relay mirror prototype to extend the range of laser weapons against ground targets--like mobile missile erectors--or against incoming ballistic missiles. The mirrors hearken back to ideas in the Reagan-era Strategic Defense Initiative, the first large-scale effort...

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