LASER WEAPONS GET REAL

LASER WEAPONS GET REAL

Many challenges to full-scale deployment remain, warn developers, from the need to boost the weapons' power to the difficulty of operating a laser in fog and clouds. But specialists in defence and security are starting to take lasers seriously.

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 2015-05, Vol.521 (7553), p.408
1. Verfasser: Extance, Andy
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Fog
Lasers
Military weapons
Optics
R&D
Research & development
Weapons
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Zusammenfassung:Many challenges to full-scale deployment remain, warn developers, from the need to boost the weapons' power to the difficulty of operating a laser in fog and clouds. But specialists in defence and security are starting to take lasers seriously.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/521408a