美国国防部在调整“战略防御倡议”计划时,虽然把定向能武器列为后续武器系统,但仍将其视为一种主要的先进防御技术而继续研究发展。1992年美国定向能技术研究取得了重大进展,特别是战区防御激光武器技术的发展受到格外 While adjusting the strategic defense initiative, the U.S. Department of Defense continued to study the development of directional energy weapons as a follow-on weapon system but regarded it as a major advanced defense technology. In 1992, major progress was made in the research on directional energy technology in the United States, especially the development of the theater’s defensive laser weapon technology.