TRW Demonstrates

TRW has started testing a prototype module for an anti-ballistic missile airborne laser, and claims the device met Air Force requirements on its third firing on Aug. 6. The Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser (COIL) produced several hundred kilowatts output for several seconds with an efficiency that would...

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