Boeing Laser Avenger destroys IEDs
Boeing video of September 2009 tests of a laser mounted on its Avenger air-defence vehicle, demonstrating its ability to destroy various types of improvised explosive device (IED) based on ordnance ranging from bomblets (BLU-97), and mortar rounds (60mm and 81mm) to artillery shells (155mm). Boeing says the HMMWV-based Laser Avenger destroyed 50 IEDs in the tests at Redstoine Arsenal. The laser is in the 10s of kilowatts power range.
