MILES device: ocular hazard evaluation. Interim report, 1 May-30 September 1979

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6709491

Zuclich, J A; Tredici, T J; Mikesell, Jr, G W; Gibbons, W D; Schmidt, R E

This report describes an attempt to find ocular effects in the primate eye as a result of exposure to a MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) laser transmitter for a M16A1 rifle. The MILES device incorporates a pulsed gallium arsenide laser operating in the near infrared. For the exposure parameters reported, no ocular alterations could be detected with either a fundus camera or a direct ophthalmoscope.

• Research Organization: Technology, Inc., San Antonio, TX (USA). Life Sciences Div.
• DOE Contract Number: F33615-77-C-0615
• OSTI ID: 6709491
• Report Number(s): AD-A-084828
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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