到去年12月为止,为期33个月的美国空军机载激光系统的原理设计阶段已经进入第6个月。波音公司和罗克韦尔公司分别领导的2个承包组正在设计能够探测、跟踪和击毁刚刚发射不久、尚处于推进阶段的战区弹道导弹的机载激光武器。它们在1994年末的杀伤性演示和一系列降低风险的实验表明,美国空军在90年代末能够制造出一个准操作的反导弹机载激光系统并进行试验。 As of December last year, the 33-month US Air Force airborne laser system design phase has entered its sixth month. Two contracted groups, led by Boeing and Rockwell, respectively, are designing airborne laser weapons capable of detecting, tracking and destroying theater ballistic missiles that have just been launched and are still at an advanced stage. Their lethal demonstration in late 1994 and a series of risk-reduction experiments showed that the U.S. Air Force was able to manufacture and test a quasi-operational anti-missile airborne laser system in the late 1990s.