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The Laser Future Of U.S. Missile Defense
Russia and China recognize the low-cost efficiency of lasers. Does the Pentagon?
Why The Navy Needs Lasers; Hint: China And Iran
Lasers are déclassé even in science-fiction nowadays – the guys in Avatar and Mass Effect shoot bullets – and the big Air Force and Army laser programs of the last decade were ignominiously cancelled. So I was surprised at last week's Navy League Sea-Air-Space conference to hear "directed energy" technology mentioned by no less a figure than Vice-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mark Ferguson as an area where the defense industry should invest.
Lockheed Martin Strike Could Threaten F-35 Program
The future of American jet fighters is on the assembly line in Fort Worth.
Analysts Suggest US Develop More Directed Energy Weapons
Analysts suggest the U.S. should focus on developing directed energy weapons to counter future assaults on U.S. military’s freedom of movement, Defense News reports.
Group to DoD: Focus on Directed Energy Weapons
The U.S. should focus on the development of directed energy weapons to counter efforts to restrict the U.S. military’s freedom of movement, according to a new analysis by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a Washington think tank.
Study Recommends Deploying Lasers on Ships, Bases and Planes
The United States is steadily losing its technological edge as adversaries big and small ramp up their abilities to repel U.S. power projection into hazardous areas of the globe, according to a new report from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.