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07.25.08

Attack at the Speed of Light

After decades of expensive, well-publicized failures, laser weapons may finally be on the horizon. Can scientists end the era of bombs and bullets?

By Noah Shachtman Posted 05.01.2006 at 2:00 am 0 Comments

For a video of the laser in action, jump to the third page of the article.

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