On November 4, 2002, THEL shot down an incoming artillery shell. In 2000 and 2001 THEL shot down 25 Katyushas artillery rockets. A mobile version is in development.
Explains head of the Missile Defense Command[?], Army Lt. General Joseph Cosumano, "We've shown that even an artillery projectile hurtling through the air at supersonic speed is no match for a laser."
See also: Force XXI Army[?], TRW Inc.[?]
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