1st Edition
by Alastair D. McAulay (Author)
Recent advances in ultra-high-power lasers, including the free-electron laser, and impressive airborne demonstrations of laser weapons systems, such as the airborne laser, have shown the enormous potential of laser technology to revolutionize 21st century warfare.
Military Laser Technology for Defense,
includes only unclassified or declassified information. The book
focuses on military applications that involve propagation of light
through the atmosphere and provides basic relevant background
technology. It describes high-power lasers and masers, including the free-electron laser. Further, Military Laser Technology for Defense
addresses how laser technology can effectively mitigate six of the most
pressing military threats of the 21st century: attack by missiles,
terrorists, chemical and biological weapons, as well as difficulty in
imaging in bad weather and threats from directed beam weapons and future
nuclear weapons. The author believes that laser technology will
revolutionize warfare in the 21st century.
