两种重要的新装置——一种新型准分子激光器以及一个用来测定激光对空间目标辐射效应的巨型真空室不久将在陆军的白沙导弹靶场投入运行。这种重复脉冲式中高功率准分于激光器属一项技术验证计划,以探索一种特殊型高能激光器的潜在效能。这种激光器有可能用作地基反卫武器,但目前尚未安排这类试验。这种新型激光装置由空军武器实验室与战略防御计划局(SDIO)共同投资建造。 Two important new devices, a new excimer laser and a giant vacuum chamber to measure the effects of laser radiation on space targets, will soon be operational at the Army’s White Sands Missile Range. This repetitive pulsed mid-high power quasi-lasers laser is a technology validation program to explore the potential performance of a special type of high-energy laser. Such lasers may be used as ground-based anti-aircraft guns, but no such tests are currently scheduled. The new laser unit was co-invested by the Air Force’s Weapons Laboratory and Strategic Defense Planning Agency (SDIO).