(Washington, D.C.) Laser weapons incinerate targets traveling at the speed of light, fire from Navy ships and Army combat vehicles and will likely shoot off from fighter jets or even ICBM interceptors for missile defense in coming years ….
But what about laser communications in space to massively expedite networking connectivity?
Could laser-enabled optics and photonics offer an ultra high-speed, large bandwidth yet secure and streamlined information transmission within a high-risk, time-sensitive warfare network?
Pentagon weapons developers and several industry players now say yes.
Laser Communications
In fact, laser light is quickly proving to be an extremely efficient and more secure option for high-speed data connectivity, able to potentially share hundreds of gigabytes of information in a nearly instantaneous fashion between satellites and satellites and air, sea and ground assets.
