Thel Laser Kills

Destruction of a rocket in flight by a high-energy laser system has demonstrated that an operational-type directed energy weapon can defeat a short-range ballistic rocket attack, according to program officials. The Katyusha rocket was destroyed on June 6 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., when the...

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