History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back MILITARY APPLICATIONS OF LASER TECHNOLOGY. HISTORY, CURRENT STATE AND PROSPECTS OF LASER APPLICATIONS IN MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS A.G. Ignatov Lasers in weapons systems are becoming a reality and have in the coming years are good prospects not only in the guidance rockets and missiles systems, blinding the enemy air and missile defense systems, but also in advanced communication systems, communication and energy, electronic warfare systems, computers and devices new generation. Until recently it seemed unreal to get in a long time a powerful laser radiation and to overcome the divergence of the laser beam to focus it at a distance of tens, and even more so – in the hundreds or thousands of meters – in a spot with a density ≥106–107 W / cm2 required to melt and metal evaporation, the destruction of heavy-duty coatings and materials. Keywords: laser; weapons; air defense; ABM. Contacts: Е-mail: laseris-spbo@yandex.ru Pp. 55-79.