The First Laser Warriors: Airborne Laser - Softcover

Arms, Science, and International Conflict...At the dawn of the 21st Century, science fiction depicted lasers as a standard weapon of future warfare. In fact no laser weapons existed. Yet. Who, then, will be The First Laser Warriors? What will be their story?John D. Gonglewski, writing from within the inner world of U.S. military scientists, international treaty negotiators, North Korean politicians, and the Airborne Laser and its diverse crew--based on the major laser aircraft acquisition underway today--spins a globe-spanning tale of history, technology, temptation, and revenge.

John D. Gonglewski, Ph.D., studied mathematics and art history at Indiana University, and subsequently worked as a research physicist at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory, The Space Technology Center, and the Air Force Research Laboratory. The Airborne Laser was among his projects. His special interest is international cooperation, and has worked on technology development with the UK, Germany, France, Japan, China, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the former Soviet Union. He has written more than two hundred scientific publications, edited three books on optical physics, chaired more than 30 international symposia, and is a Fellow of the Optical Society. Since moving into the realm of fiction, he has written three novels, Brightman's First Law, Catchers in the Sky, and The First Laser Warriors.