MIRACL
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MIRACL, or Mid-Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser, is a directed energy weapon developed by the US Navy. It is a deuterium fluoride laser, a type of chemical laser.
The MIRACL laser first became operational in 1980.[1]Template:R/superscript It can produce over a megawatt of output for up to 70 seconds,[2]Template:R/superscript making it the most powerful continuous wave (CW) laser in the US.[3]Template:R/superscript Its original goal was to be able to track and destroy anti-ship cruise missiles, but in later years it was used to test phenomenologies associated with national anti-ballistic and anti-satellite laser weapons. Originally tested at a contractor facility in California, as of the later 1990s and early 2000s, it was located at the former MAR-1 facility (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) in the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.[4]Template:R/superscript
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Amid much controversy in October 1997, MIRACL was tested against MSTI-3, a US Air Force satellite at the end of its original mission in orbit[5]Template:R/superscript at a distance of Script error: No such module "convert"..[6]Template:R/superscript MIRACL failed during the test and was damaged[7]Template:R/superscript and the Pentagon claimed mixed results for other portions of the test. A second, lower-powered chemical laser was able to temporarily blind the MSTI-3 sensors during the test.[8]Template:R/superscript[9]Template:R/superscript
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