Army uses laser to destroy artillery projectile in
flight
WASHINGTON (AFP) Nov 05, 2002
A mobile laser destroyed an artillery projectile in
flight Tuesday for the first time in a test in New
Mexico, the US Army said.
The two-foot-long projectile was destroyed with the
Mobile Tactical High Energy Laser, a system that is
being developed by the army and the Israeli defense
ministry, it said.
The system "tracked, locked and fired a burst of
photons on an artillery projectile," the army's space
and missile defense command said. "Seconds later, at a
point well short of its intended destination, the
projectile was destroyed."
It said it was the first time in history that an
artillery projectile has been destroyed in flight with
a laser.
The system has previously been successfully tested
against Katyusha rockets.
"The artillery projectile's small size, combined with
the lack of heat it gives off, makes it much more
difficult to track," the command said.
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