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Battlefield laser shoots down artillery shell in flight at White Sands
The Army used a high energy laser built by TRW to heat and detonate an artillery shell fired from a howitzer at White Sands Missile Range New Mexico. The test, tracked by radar and infrared sensors, was repeated successfully with a shell traveling about 1000 mph. The device is part of the Mobile Tactical High-Energy Laser program aimed at missile defense and could enter use in 2007.
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TRW Inc
White Sands Missile Range
New Mexico
Pentagon
Missile Defense
Army
Israel
Hezbollah
Lebanon
William Congo
Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Dan Goure
Lexington Institute
Arlington
Israeli Defense Ministry
TRW
Congo
Christopher Hellman
Center For Defense Information
Washington
U.S