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):

Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.

Armed Forces.

Military research.

Lasers.

Missile attack warning systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (64 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.

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 13-R4-1526e in the 2013 issue.

Discusses potential use of Navy shipboard lasers for countering surface, air, and ballistic missile threats. Examines shipboard lasers in general and types of lasers being developed for potential shipboard use. Addresses Navy vision for shipboard lasers on surface vessels, remaining technical challenges, Office of Naval Research solid-state laser technology maturation effort, creation of Naval Directed Energy Steering Group, directed energy vision for U.S. naval forces, and Navy identification of destroyers and littoral combat ships as leading candidate platforms for laser weapons. Examines FY2014 funding request, issues and options for Congress, and legislative activity for FY2014.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 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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