High energy airborne coil laser
US5974072A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 20, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 20, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/2383
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A high energy chemical laser capable of being operated in an aircraft to interdict and destroy theater ballistic missiles is provided. A key to the chemical laser of the invention is the use of individual chemical lasers whose individual photon energy outputs can be combined into a single high-energy laser beam.
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