USAF: Tactical Lasers Ready By 2020
Credit: AC-130 Advanced Tactical Laser concept: Boeing
Two of the U.S. Air Force’s top generals say that a podded, tactical laser is likely to be ready for operational use on aircraft by 2020, a major breakthrough in a technology that has been under slow but steady development for decades. The near-term applications rely on operationalizing solid-state...
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