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Israeli lasers { January 10 1989 } SCIENCE AND WEAPONS REVIEW CABLE January 10, 1989 PAGE:0045 HEL PROGRAM ISRAEL HAS AN EXTENSIVE LASER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. THERE ARE 35 ISRAELI FIRMS, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES, ENGAGED IN ELECTRO-OPTICS AND LASER RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION. THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR CHEMICAL LASERS AT BEN GURION UNIVERSITY HAS A GRANT UNDER THE SDI FRAMEWORK TO DEVELOP NOVEL CHEMICAL LASERS. SOURCE REPORTING INDICATES THAT THE WEAPON SYSTEMS DIVISION OF RAFAEL, THE ISRAELI ARMS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, IS WORKING ON AN AIRBORNE CHEMICAL LASER WEAPON SIMILAR TO THE US MICRL SYSTEM. HOWEVER, RAFAEL SEEMS TO LACK DATA ON MISSILE VULNERABILITY TO LASER ATTACK. GIVEN THE DIFFICULTIES THE UNITED STATES HAS ENCOUNTERED IN TRYING TO DEVELOP LASERS FOR MISSILE DEFENSE, WE BELIEVE THAT THE ISRAELI AIRBORNE HEL WILL BE MORE USEFUL AGAINST CRUISE MISSILES THAN AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILES SPACE-BASED SENSORS WITH THE LAUNCH OF THEIR FIRST SATELLITE, THE ISRAELIS DEMONSTRATED THE CAPABILITY TO PLACE A SATELLITE IN LOW EARTH ADMIN

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