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Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL)

Country of Origin: USA

The Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) was a tactical directed energy weapon system developed to destroy, damage or disable ground targets with little to no collateral damage. The ATL concept was one facet of the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA's) missile defense program. The ATL was an advanced concept technology demonstration program that was designed to provide a transition to a deployable ultra-precision strike capability. The laser used a closed-cycle, chemical oxygen-iodine laser...

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