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

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.

Armed Forces.

Lasers.

Military research.

Missile attack warning systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2013

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, Office of Naval Research solid-state laser technology maturation effort, and creation of Naval Directed Energy Steering Group. Discusses directed energy vision for U.S. naval forces, Navy directed energy roadmap and possible analysis of alternatives, 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

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

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Navy Shipboard Lasers for Surface, Air, and Missile Defense

Publisher Number:

CRS-2014-FDT-0094

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