SCIENCE AND WEAPONS REVIEW CABLE, SW SWRC (DELETED) 28 SEPTEMBER 1990

Created: 9/28/1990

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SUBJECTi SCIENCE AND WEAPONS REVIEW CABLE. SM SWRCB SEPTEMBER 0

XIT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE IRAQIS HAVE ACQUIRED OREDICATED LASER BLINDING WEAPON. ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS THAT THE IRAQIS MAY HAVE DEVELOPED LASER WEAPONS AND USED THEM EFFECTIVELY TO BLIND THOUSANDS OF IRANIAN TROOPS, BOTH THE EXISTENCE OF SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS OF IRANIAN LASER-INDUCED EYE CASUALTIES AND THE EXISTENCE OF AN IRAQI LASER BLINDING WEAPON REMAIN UNSUBSTANTIATED. HE THEREFORE VIEW THESE REPORTS SKEPTICALLY.

THE EYE HAZARD FROM IRAQI LRFS

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SOLDIERS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE LOOKING AGNIFYING OPTIC SUCH9OWER BINOCULARS. SINCE MOST IRAQI GROUND-BASED LRFS ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE MOST LIKELY TARGETS TO BE IRRADIATED IN BATTLE WILL BE US ARMOR AND INFANTRY. IT IS UNLIKELY THAT FIXED-WING, HIGH-PERFORMANCE US AIRCRAFT WILL BE IRRADIATED BY THESE TANK

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