Sunday, January 30, 2011

'Air laser' could find bombs at a distance

'Air laser' could find bombs at a distance: "U.S. scientists say a new 'air laser' will allow soldiers to detect hidden explosives from a distance and help scientists measure airborne pollutants.
Researchers at Princeton University say they've developed a technique for generating a beam of laser light out of nothing but air, a university release said Friday.
'We are able to send a laser pulse out and get another pulse back from the air itself,' says Richard Miles, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton. 'The returning beam interacts with the molecules in the air and carries their fingerprints.'"
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NATO Missile Defense for Europe





NATO has agreed to provide ballistic missile defense or BMD for all of Europe. This NATO BMD will protect NATO (European and American) military forces in Europe. It will also – for the very first time – protect the civilian population throughout Europe from ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction launched from the Middle East.
Much of this NATO missile defense for Europe – known as the European Phased Adaptive Approach – will actually be provided by the United States armed forces. This will include seaborne AEGIS missile defense on board US Navy ships in the Mediterranean, as well as land based radars and interceptor missiles.
This e-book describes how NATO missile defense for Europe will be organized and implemented.