High-power laser on Avenger combat vehicle destroys IEDs in tests

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A laser weapon mounted on an Avenger combat vehicle destroyed 50 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) like those that kill U.S. service members in Iraq and Afghanistan during September testing, say officials of the Boeing Co., design-rner of the Avenger high-power laser.rnThe Avenger military laser destroyed large-caliber artillery munitions, smaller bomblets, and mortar rounds during tests Sept. 22-24 at Redstone Arsenalrnin Huntsville, Ala. These kinds of munitions typically are parts of IED systems. The Boeing Missile Defense Systems Directed Energy Systems unit in Huntsville, Ala., is developing the Avenger high-energy laser system.