US weaponry goliath Northrop Grumman says it has achieved the ''first major building block'' necessary for manufacture of a 100 kilowatt solid-state laser - that is, a viable battlefield raygun. The company said yesterday that its Joint High-Powered Solid State Laser (JHPSSL) programme has ''exceeded all target requirements of its second major demonstration milestone''. This was the trial of a ''laser chain'' with 15 kilowatt power. Northrop intends to combine eight such units to
produce a single laser beam of more than 100 kilowatts...
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Northrop: battlefield rayguns to demo this year
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