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Navy Uses WWII Era Test Tunnel to Develop High Energy Laser Weapons

The Navy’s top laser experts transformed a tunnel crucial to gun range operations during World War II into a vital new capability for testing laser technologies, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) announced April 21. For years, civilian scientists – including those who developed and installed the Laser Weapon System aboard USS PONCE (AFSB[I]