MIRACL

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title: MIRACL
text: MIRACL, or Mid-Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser, is a directed energy weapon developed by the US Navy. It is a deuterium fluoride laser, a type of chemical laser. The MIRACL laser first became operational in 1980. It can produce over a megawatt of output for up to 70 seconds, making it the most powerful continuous wave (CW) laser in the US. Its original goal was to be able to track and destroy anti-ship cruise missiles, but in later years it was used to test phenomenologies associated with natio
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description: Directed energy weapon
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIRACL
date created: 2004-04-05T20:24:05Z
date modified: 2024-09-04T13:36:33Z
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