Nautilus fired

1996-02-14T00:00:00

A test-firing of the Nautilus laser gun, a US-Israeli system designed to kill incoming missiles, went ahead on 6 February, earlier than expected. The system locked onto an unarmed Russian-built BM-21 artillery rocket for 15s and hit the target with the laser beam.

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