Soviet Mobile Lasers Defending an Airfield by Edward L. Cooper, 1987

Soviet Mobile Lasers Defending an Airfield by Edward L. Cooper, 1987: The Soviets built high-energy laser devices in the 1980s and generally placed more emphasis on the weapons applications of lasers than did the West. The tactical laser program had progressed to the point that by the mid-1980s, U.S. analysts anticipated that laser weapons would be deployed with future Soviet forces.