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CSBA Experts See Solid-State Lasers Superior To Chemical Lasers, But Endorse Mobility In Platform; U.S. Lasers To Be Critical As Missiles Proliferate

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Friday, May 22nd, 2009

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Developing, Deploying Solid-State Laser Could Take About 10 Years: Estimate Technical Hurdles To Lasers Surmountable, But Non-Technical Barriers Must Be Bested The United States faces a grim threat of rogue states and terrorist groups likely obtaining precision-guided missiles, rockets, artillery and mortars (G-RAM), but the solution can be developed in the form of laser missile defense systems, noted experts said in a Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) congressional forum. Proliferation of missile, rocket and other technologies to rogue…

Senators Push Navy Against Single Destroyer Request In FY ’27

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and the two senators from Maine last week pushed back on Navy officials for only requesting one Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (DDG-51) […]

Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition

The Navy told lawmakers this week it found a dry dock at HII’s [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard it thinks can use for final assembly of the new Trump-class battleship […]

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]