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HELLADS laser weapon to undergo field testing
// Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Washington (UPI) May 22, 2015
A new laser from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is to undergo field tests after successfully demonstrating its laser power and beam quality. The field testing of the High-Energy Laser Area Defense System, or HELLADS, will begin this summer. The series of tests, funded by DARPA and the Air Force Research Laboratory, will be against rockets, mortars, vehicles and surro
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