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What do you do with a shrunken laser?

The laser is so small you need a microscope to see it properly. But it's not just the size that scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are excited about.
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Researchers show how to increase X-ray laser brightness and power using a crystal cavity and diamond mirrors

At particle accelerator facilities around the world, scientists rely on powerful X-rays to reveal the structure and behavior of atoms and molecules. Now, researchers from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have calculated how to make X-ray pulses at X-ray...
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Lockheed, Northrop say they're on 'accelerated' schedules in race for Next-Gen Interceptor - Breaking Defense

MDA's goal is to field the Next-Generation Interceptor to replace its current Ground-Based Interceptors by 2028.
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NGI is one of MDA’s biggest planned investments in fiscal 2024, slating $2.1 billion for its Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program, which the agency’s budget overview says “features a multiple kill vehicle payload.”
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Beyond 'bullet on bullet': NORTHCOM's new defense plan looks to kill missiles before they launch - Breaking Defense

"The best missile strategy is to destroy the missiles prior to launch. A focus on missile defeat could enable distributed non-kinetic systems with larger magazines and the ability to engage missiles before they can deploy complex decoys, countermeasures, maneuvers or multiple reentry vehicles,"...
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Rear Adm. Sean Regan, NORTHCOM director of operations, told the annual Space and Missile Defense (SMD) Symposium in Huntsville, Ala., today that rather than only trying to knock a missile out of the sky, his command’s new strategy for future defense of the homeland leans heavily on emerging technologies and capabilities, including directed energy weapons, autonomous vehicles and electronic warfare to take out adversary missiles and other threats before, or shortly after, they get off the ground.
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