[doorgunner69]

Interesting.

Would love to know where the Sov/Russians are with this today, or if they abandoned it as well. There was a time when it was thought they were way ahead in laser technology.

In an earlier life (mid-80s), I read a summary that thought they would have MW class lasers on ships within a few years. Ships are such a good candidate, as power to run them is not an issue. Poor bastards hardly even have a navy now.

[U-238]

The Soviet union used the Sary Shagan facility to test their laser weapons. Some people say that this is the birthplace of the ABM.Sary Shagan was also a major Soviet test facility for directed energy weapons (DEW), particularly laser weapons.Whether the facility is open its debatable.

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