MIRACL / SEALITE (not a missile but didn't know where else to put it)

[Sferrin]

MIRACL (Mid InfraRed Advanced Chemical Laser) was the beam generator and SEALITE was the director (shown). As I recall both the Army and the Navy have had their hands in it over the years. I've included a picture of THEL for size reference and a photo of the MIRACL Vandal kill. I've got the Vandal kill on video but will have to wait until I've got a video capture board as it's on video tape. (I wasn't sure where to put this but since it's been involved in missile defense testing of various sorts I put it here.) Also note the "kill" markings on the second photo.

 

[AN/AWW-14(V)]

 

[Opticschief]

MIRACL (Mid InfraRed Advanced Chemical Laser) was the beam generator and SEALITE was the director (shown). As I recall both the Army and the Navy have had their hands in it over the years. I've included a picture of THEL for size reference and a photo of the MIRACL Vandal kill. I've got the Vandal kill on video but will have to wait until I've got a video capture board as it's on video tape. (I wasn't sure where to put this but since it's been involved in missile defense testing of various sorts I put it here.) Also note the "kill" markings on the second photo.

I spent almost 5 years on the program. It was in fact a U.S. Navy program. The only connection the Army had was that it was on a U.S. Army site.

 

[Opticschief]

Ultimately we shot down any number of flying objects of various sizes and at incredible ranges.

 

[Temistocle]

BTW, between minute 4.16 and 4.34 there is a test of the Brilliant Pebble kill veichle

 

[RyanC]

On 6 September 1985, the Mid Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser (MIRACL) at WSMR was used against a modified Titan I which had been filled with 60 psig nitrogen to simulate a 4G flight load and propellant stress during flight. After 2 seconds of laser heating, a roughly 1m2 area blew open, resulting in the image attached.

Per SDIO documents:

"In FY1988, a full scale test of a continuous laser against a highly reflective, rolling missile will be conducted using the Mid Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser (MIRACL) at WSMR and a modified Titan Booster."