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Airborne Laser Gets Beam-Control System

Citation: Office of Public Affairs. Air Force Research Laboratory
URL: http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/program/news98/98-17.html

Air Force's press release came relatively early, describing some measures being taken to compensate for jitter.  The report says that atmospheric disturbances can be controlled at the 100 nanoradian level, as shown by tests conducted in Palo Alto.

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