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

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Title

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

Creator

  • O'Rourke, Ronald
    Creator Info: Specialist in Naval Affairs

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2015-11-06

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report provides background information and issues for Congress on three potential new weapons that could improve the ability of Navy surface ships to defend themselves against enemy missiles. Any one of these new weapon technologies, if successfully developed and deployed, might be regarded as a "game changer" for defending Navy surface ships against enemy missiles.
  • Physical Description: 38 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Defense policy
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Navy -- U.S.
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Weapons systems
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Air defenses
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Antimissile missiles
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Advanced weapons

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: R44175
  • Accession or Local Control No: R44175_2015Nov06
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc795818
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