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Mirror system

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — A dual-mirror system, called the Aerospace Relay Mirror System, suspended from a crane at 100 feet above the ground, is being tested here. The system is a prototype designed to extend the range of high-energy lasers by receiving and redirecting laser energy. Developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate, an operational version might be suspended from a high-altitude airship at an altitude of 70,000 feet, where atmospheric turbulence, or jitter, is less of a problem for beam quality. (Air Force photo)

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Mirror system

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — A dual-mirror system, called the Aerospace Relay Mirror System, suspended from a crane at 100 feet above the ground, is being tested here. The system is a prototype designed to extend the range of high-energy lasers by receiving and redirecting laser energy. Developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate, an operational version might be suspended from a high-altitude airship at an altitude of 70,000 feet, where atmospheric turbulence, or jitter, is less of a problem for beam quality. (Air Force photo)

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This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release. If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit. Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations, which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.

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