The Early Years of Military Laser Research and Technology in the Federal Republic of Germany During the Cold War

The invention of the laser in 1960 and the innovation process of laser technology during the following years coincided with the dramatic increase of the East-West-conflict during the 1960s – the peak of the so-called Cold War after the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961. The predictable features of...

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