"Directed Energy Weapons Move Closer to Prime Time" Topic
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Tango01 | 30 Oct 2019 9:17 p.m. PST |
"The US military has doubled its spending on directed energy weapons over the past two years, and the investment is bearing fruit. Earlier this month, the Air Force successfully tested five prototype systems and is preparing to deploy at least two of them overseas by the end of 2020. "We've seen a doubling of the [DOD] budget for DE from FY17 to FY19," from $535 USD million to $1.1 USD billion, Mark Neice, executive director of the Directed Energy Professional Society, said Oct. 29 at the Association of Old Crows' annual symposium. The funding is divided between the three military services and a number of program offices across the Defense Department, including the Missile Defense Agency, the DE Joint Transition Office, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
Thresher01 | 31 Oct 2019 1:38 p.m. PST |
Good to hear, since others are already using them against our pilots. Don't want to be playing catchup too much. |
Tango01 | 01 Nov 2019 1:22 p.m. PST |
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