Pentagon’s top R&D chief hints that lasers may never work on aircaft
FeaturedWIB air May 22, 2020 Staff Writer 0
The Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering claims that it may not be feasible for an aircraft to be able to shoot down a missile with a laser- at least for now.
The comments were made by Mike Griffin, who is overseeing advanced research for the Pentagon.
“As a weapon system to equip an airplane with the lasers we think necessary in terms of their power level …and get them to altitudes where atmospheric turbulence can be mitigated appropriately, that combination of things can’t go on one platform,†Griffin said. “I’m extremely skeptical that we can put a large laser on an aircraft and use it to shoot down an adversary missile even from very close.â€
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