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

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Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.

Armed Forces.

Lasers.

Military research.

Missile attack warning systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (59 pages)) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2014.

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Summary:

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, and recent developments. Examines FY2016 funding request, issues and options for Congress, and legislative activity for FY2016.

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.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2015). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

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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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