By Ann Roosevelt Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) is moving forward toward a mobile speed-of-light laser weapon system that could, late in the next decade, potentially become part of the Army's battlefield systems. The driving force for the program is: "Getting a laser capability into the soldiers hands and providing a level of force protection specifically against the counter rocket artillery and mortar threat," Bill Gnacek, SMDC program manager for the High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD),…
Army Moves Ahead With Mobile Laser Weapon System Demonstrator
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