Whither high-energy lasers?

Air and Space Power Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-24

  Lamberson, Donald L ^a   Duff, Edward ^a,b   Washburn, Don ^b,c   Holmberg, Courtney ^a,d  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b Laser Systems Office

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Maxwell Gunter AFB   (United States)

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References (6)

1. Dio Cassius, Roman History, vol. 2, Fragments of Books 12-35, trans. Earnest Cary and Herbert B. Foster (Cambridge, MA: Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1914).
2. For an excellent account of the historical development of high-energy lasers, see Robert W. Duffner, Airborne Laser: Bullets of Light (New York: Plenum Trade, 1997).
3. USAF Scientific Advisory Board, New World Vistas: Air and Space Power for the 21st Century: Directed Energy Volume (Washington, DC: USAF Scientific Advisory Board, 1995).
4. "Directed Energy Worth Analysis and Vehicle Evaluation (DE-WAVE)," conducted by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corporation;
5. "Tactical High Energy Laser Fighter (TAC-HELF) Study," by Boeing Corporation;
6. and "High-Energy Laser Weapons Systems Applications," the Defense Science Board's June 2001 summer study, are three such analyses.