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The Defense Intelligence Agency produced this reference document, dated 31 March 2010, under its Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It reviews the state of the art and likely evolution of high-energy laser weapons, including chemical, solid-state, fiber and free-electron lasers, as well as beam control and the history of DoD laser research. It concludes that electrically powered lasers could make megawatt-class weapons practical and that spacecraft laser weapons are conceivable within 20 years. It also recommends ways to protect spacecraft from laser damage.
31 March 2010 ICOD: 1 December 2009 DIA-08-1003-019 UNCLASSIFIED/ ,'PO" 01"l"!e!,it U!IL OIIL I Defense Intelligence Reference Document Acquisition Threat Support State of the Art and Evolution of High-Energy Laser Weapons UNCLASSIFIED/ /FOIi. OFFll!lillt U!IC Oltt'I'
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