国防部官员在三月初国会闭幕式上作证说,定向能武器系统作战部署的实质性进展需要高能激光器、监视系统、指挥和控制系统以及发射空间飞行器的能力等方面的进展。五角大楼某些官员的证词直接与国防部远景研究计划局早些时候对高能激光技术作 Defense Department officials testified at the closing parliamentary congress in early March that substantive progress in the deployment of directional energy weapons systems requires progress in high-energy lasers, surveillance systems, command and control systems, and the ability to launch space vehicles. The testimony of some Pentagon officials directly with the Department of Defense Vision Research and Planning Bureau earlier on high-energy laser technology