Jun 092008
From the Moscow News:
The Boeing Company said recently it had test-fired a high-energy chemical laser fitted aboard a C-130H aircraft for the first time. The successful ground tests, “a key milestone for the Advanced Tactical Laser Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration program,” took place on May 13 at the Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
Commenting on the announcement, the Russian expert said: “We tested a similar system back in 1972. Even then our ‘laser cannon was capable of hitting targets with high precision.”
“We have moved far ahead since then, and the U.S. has to keep pace with our research and development,” he added.
No evidence was provided, of course.
2 Responses to “Laser envy”
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So Aviation Week was right? They were talking about mystery Soviet “Star Wars” type weapons even before Reagan.
umm…funny…We did the same thing with the US Airborne Laser Laboratory did the same thing in approximately the same timeframe.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/all.htm