Directed energy architectures

Technical Report · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:7145468

Canavan, G H

This report discusses the roles directed energy could play in strategic defense, assesses their likely effectiveness, and outlines the important complementarity between directed and kinetic energy, which appears to be pivotal to the development of robust defenses. Directed energy concepts could provide adequate kill rates that are relatively insensitive to fast, compact launches. Midcourse applications are based on the robust discrimination ability of directed energy weapons.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 7145468
• Report Number(s): LA-11285-MS; ON: DE88010484
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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