SECRET LASER AIRPLANE RESEARCH
A MODEL FOR A LASER-POWERED, unmanned aircraft made six short flights in July, 1993, according to previously withheld Naval Research Laboratory records. The flights were part of a now-dormant NRL study to determine if energy beamed from a ground-based laser could keep aloft a remotely controlled...
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