Department of Defense Directed Energy Weapons: Background and Issues for Congress

Figure 10. Navy Graphic of SSL-TM Laser System

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Figure 10. Navy Graphic of SSL-TM Laser System
Source: Navy briefing slide accompanying Tyler Rogoway, Mysterious Object Northrop Is Barging From
Redondo Beach Is A High-Power Naval Laser The Drive, October 18, 2019. The blog post credits the slide to the Navy and describes it as a recent slide
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DOD, Department of Defense Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Budget Estimates, Navy, Justification Book Volume 2 of 5,
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Navy, February 2020, p. 188. For additional discussion of SSL-TM, see US. Navy, U.S. Navy Program Guide 2017, pp. 180-181.
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Megan Eckstein, “LPD Portland Will Host ONR Laser Weapon Demonstrator, Serve as RIMPAC 2018 Flagship
USNI News, January 10, 2018; Richard Abott, Next Navy Amphib Will Feature Laser Weapon Demo, Chosen As Flagship For RIMPAC 2018,” Defense Daily, January 11, 2018.
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DOD, Department of Defense Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Budget Estimates, Navy, Justification Book Volume 2 of 5,
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Navy, February 2020, p. 191.

Department of Defense Directed Energy Weapons Background and Issues for Congress

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13 On May 22, 2020, the Navy announced that the USS Portland had used its LWSD to successfully disable a UAV in an at-sea test that was conducted on May 16, 2020.
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