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Title: Weapon system for the detection of and use against stationary or moving objects
Abstract:
Weapons system for both detection and affecting of stationary or moving objects. A laser beam is generated at a relatively low power level and caused to monitor, as by sweeping, a predetermined zone or space. Said laser beam or a portion thereof is reflected by and from an object appearing within said zone or space and is sensed by suitable detection means. The detection means provides the input to a computer which then locks the generator onto said object and simultaneously increases the power emitted therefrom to a predetermined higher, as destructive, value. Friendly objects operating within the same area can be caused to emanate a signal beam which is sensed simultaneously with the sensing of the reflected laser beam and prevents the actuation of the computer.
Other info: Inventors: Erben, Klaus Dieter (Munich, DT) Kroy, Walter (Munich, DT) Mehnert, Walter Erich (Ottobrunn, DT) Application Number: 020788 Filing Date: 1970-03-18 Publication_date: 1976-03-23 Assignee: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GmbH (Munich, DT) Primary Class(es): 250/347 89/1.11, 250/203.2, 356/4.01, 356/139.08 Other Classes: US Patent Ref:
Other Refs:
Vogel, "Lasers: Devices and Systems--Part III," 11-1961, Electronics, pp. 31,32. Wieder et al, Physical Review Letters, 3-1966, Vol. 16, pp. 565-567. Tiffany et al., Laser Focus, 9-1969, pp. 48-51. Horrigan et al., "High Power Gas Laser," Final Technical Report, 9-1968, Raytheon Co., Cont. No. DA-AH01-67-1589. | |