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Title

  • Main Title Airborne Laser (ABL): Issues for Congress

Creator

  • Author: Bolkcom, Christopher
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in National Defense, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
  • Author: Hildreth, Steven A.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in National Defense, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 2007-07-09

Language

  • English

Description

  • Physical Description: 18 pages.
  • Content Description: This report examines the airborne laser (ABL) program and budget status. It also examines a variety of related issues, including the questionable maturity of ABL technologies, the number of ABL platforms the United States should acquire, and to what degree the United STates should invest in alternative technologies in the event that the ABL may not prove successful. This report does not provide a detailed technical assessment of the ABL program (see CRS Report RL30185, The Airborne Laser Anti-Missile Program).

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Advanced weapons
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Ballistic missile defense
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Defense policy
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Weapons systems
  • Legislative Subject Terms: Military procurement, research, weapons development

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: RL32123
  • Accession or Local Control No: RL32123_2007Jul09
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc810074
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