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Congress Authorizes US Missile Defense Agency to Develop Lasers for Missile Defense

Congress Authorizes US Missile Defense Agency to Develop Lasers for Missile DefenseCongress granted the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) powers to develop and implement laser technologies for use in missile defense systems.

Now budget and allocate funds, necessary for work in the field of energy weapons, capable of destroying ballistic and hypersonic missiles of a potential enemy, will be directly the director of the MDA.

Besides, US Missile Defense Agency instructed to focus on research, which have already taken place, and bring promising technology to the stage of industrial production.

Recall, that the program, aimed at creating an airborne laser, capable of destroying ballistic missiles, started back in the 70s. Later, it was actively "promoted" by the administration of President George W. Bush.

It is worth noting, that MDA research in this area has not been unsuccessful. The agency's aircraft laser prototype was tested in 2010 destroyed a short-range ballistic missile. AT 2012 The upgraded Boeing 747-400F, equipped with a promising laser, took off for the last time from Edwards Air Force Base (California) and transferred to long-term storage.

Congress Authorizes US Missile Defense Agency to Develop Lasers for Missile Defense

Due to some technical difficulties, arising during the development, and also because of its high cost, the aforementioned program had to be suspended. Now, in accordance with the recently adopted National Defense Law 2022 fiscal year, MDA will be able to resume research in this area.

According to Patti-Jane Geller, expert on nuclear deterrence and missile defense at the Heritage Foundation, the return of the MDA to the development of anti-missile laser systems is a significant event for the United States. Indeed, in the future, such systems will make it possible to destroy enemy ballistic and hypersonic missiles in a much more “economical” way., than ground missile defense systems.

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