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Laser Destroys Artillery Projectile in Flight

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- In what it called a defense industry breakthrough, the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command announced Tuesday that a laser successfully destroyed an artillery projectile in flight. The Army and TRW Inc., which developed the weapon, said in a joint statement that the laser tracked, locked onto and fired a burst of concentrated light energy photons at the speeding shell over the White Sands test range in New Mexico. "Seconds later, at a point well short of its intended destination, the projectile was destroyed," the Army's Space and Missile Defense Command said. The...Read full article

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    Published: November 2002
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