U.S. Army’s Indirect Fires Protection Capability-High Energy Laser (IFPC-HEL) Demonstrator laser weapon system. (Image: courtesy Lockheed Martin)
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is increasingly optimistic concerning the potential to make use of directed energy laser weapons for missile defense purposes after a period of limiting work on it, a top official said last week.
“Directed energy shows great promise for…