Navy Shipboard Lasers for Surface, Air, and Missile Defense : Background and Issues for Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military research.

Lasers.

Missile attack warning systems.

Armored vessels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (63 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 12-R4-1526b in the 2012 issue.

Discusses potential use of Navy shipboard lasers for countering surface, air, and ballistic missile threats. Examines shipboard lasers in general, types of lasers being developed for potential shipboard use, and remaining technical challenges. Addresses Office of Naval Research solid-state laser technology maturation effort, Navy vision for shipboard lasers on surface vessels, and creation of Naval Directed Energy Steering Group. Reviews issues and options for Congress.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division. Navy Shipboard Lasers for Surface, Air, and Missile Defense

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