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Military Application for Laser
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Military uses of lasers include applications such as target designation and ranging, defensive countermeasures, communications and directed energy weapons. Directed energy weapons are also in use, such as Boeing’s Airborne Laser which was constructed inside a Boeing 747. It disrupts the trajectory of shoulder-fired missiles. On March 18, 2009 Northrop Grumman announced that its engineers in Redondo Beach had successfully built and tested an electric laser pointer capable of producing a 100-kilowatt ray of light, powerful enough to destroy cruise missiles, artillery, rockets and mortar rounds. An electric laser is theoretically capable, according to Brian Strickland, manager for the United States Army's Joint High Power Solid State Laser program, of being mounted in an aircraft, ship, or vehicle because it requires much less space for its supporting equipment than a chemical laser. On 19 July 2010 an anti-aircraft laser was unveiled at the Farnborough Airshow. It was described as the Laser Close-In Weapon System.