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| Artist impression of THEL base firing.
From U.S. Army 1999 Weapon Systems Handbook
(see also smaller image.
From FAS) |
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| Same as above, but with a slightly different location of C3I module.
From TRW 'Defense at the Speed of Light' |
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| Beam Director, gimbaled telescope with primary and secondary mirror fed by a coude' path.
From Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations (ACTDs) (link broken) |
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| Beam Director, series of tracking tests.
From Popular Science (link broken)
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| Mobile version (early prototypes won't have much mobility, later versions will be completely mobile)
Artist impression of mobile THEL vehicle on the battlefield.
From Air Force Technology : ABL YAL A1
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| Mobile version (early prototypes won't have much mobility, later versions will be completely mobile)
Artist impression of mobile THEL.
From THEL 21st Century Air Defense - U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
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| First armed and operational short-range rocket destroyed in flight
by a THEL laser at White Sands Missile Range, NM, during joint U.S. Army/Israeli test, February, 1996.
From TRW 'Defense at the Speed of Light' |
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| Diagram of laser, PTS (Pointer-Tracker Subsystems) and C3I (command, control, communication and intelligence) subsystem.
from Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations (ACTDs)
RAFAEL (Israeli government armament agency) constructs the fluid supply and pressure recovery assembly (with flow controllers) (broken) |
