对于高能激光器仅是一种闪光信号灯,还是一种其光束能摧毁几百英里外高速机动目标的杀伤武器的问题,美国即将作出决定。与1980财年相比,国防部在1981财年将增加51%的经费,用于空间高能激光武器系统的费用计划为7370万美元。五角大楼还想为三军高能激光技术计划 The United States is about to make a decision about whether a high-energy laser is just a flashlight or a lethal weapon whose beams can destroy maneuvering targets hundreds of miles away. Compared with FY1980, the Department of Defense will increase its funding by 51% in FY 1981 and the cost plan for space-based high-energy laser weapon systems will be 73.7 million U.S. dollars. The Pentagon also wants to plan a third-generation high-energy laser technology