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Beam control system to help laser weapon protect soldiers

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Lynn Savage, [email protected]

The High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator is continuing on track to become the centerpiece of the US Army’s laser-based defense capabilities. The project, which includes components from Boeing Defense, Space and Security of St. Louis and from Oshkosh Defense of Wisconsin, features a compact high-energy laser system mounted on a military truck. When completed, the design is expected to protect soldiers from incoming rockets and other artillery when their own use of gunfire is restricted. The weapon system, also called HEL TD, reached a milestone this summer when Boeing began...Read full article

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    Published: October 2010
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    1. The anode or anticathode of an x-ray tube that emits x-rays when bombarded by electrons. 2. The screen in a television imaging tube that is scanned by an electron beam to determine the charge-density stored on it.
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