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High energy airborne coil laser

US5974072A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 20, 1998
Grant dateOct 26, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 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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