据《航讯》一九八一年五月二十二日报导:预计美国空军不久将力图用机载激光炮击落空空导弹。在新墨西哥州的柯特兰空军基地正在进行这种装置的首次机载试验,试验预计下月底结束。今年初,美国空军首次在飞机上进行激光波束装置全功率发射试验,这种激光波束可能摧毁敌方导弹。那次试验是一月份由 NKC—135加油机在柯特兰空军基地进行的地面试验。一位空军发言人说,该装置的机载试验已开始,但还没有一枚导弹受到空军的装在采用四个发动机的改进型加油机上的大型激光武器的“攻击”。这位发言人说,称做机载激 According to “Air China” reported on May 22, 1981: It is expected that the U.S. Air Force will soon attempt to launch SAMs into air-to-air missiles. The first airborne trial of such a unit is under way at Curtran AFB, New Mexico, and the trial is expected to conclude by the end of next month. Earlier this year, the U.S. Air Force conducted the first full-power launcher of laser beam devices on airplanes that could destroy enemy missiles. That test was conducted in January on the ground test of the NKC-135 tanker at Cortland AFB. An Air Force spokesman said the unit’s on-board test has begun, but no missile has yet been “attacked” by the Air Force with a large laser weapon mounted on a four-engine modified tanker. The spokesman said, called airborne shock