Episode 409 • • 36:46 - 41:43
409: Head Lag
NDAA 2013 Weapons Systems, Directed Energy, Advanced Kill Vehicles
House Resolution 4310, the NDAA for 2013, authorizes significant funding for advanced weaponry, including a new missile defense site on the East Coast. The bill mandates reports on directed energy weapons, such as high-energy lasers and millimeter-wave technologies. Specific provisions designate the Navy and Air Force as lead services for integrating 100-kilowatt lasers and microwave weapons onto surface ships and unmanned aerial vehicles.