Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Hypervelocity Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Navy is currently developing three potential new weapons that could improve the ability of its surface ships to defend themselves against enemy missilessolid state lasers (SSLs), the electromagnetic railgun (EMRG), and the hypervelocity projectile (HVP).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 21, 2016
Accession Number
AD1020299

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Congressional Research Service

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Boats
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Firing Rate
  • Guided Projectiles
  • Hypervelocity Projectiles
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Materials Testing
  • Navy
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
  • ballistics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Hypersonics