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From: lvc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Lawrence V. Cipriani)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Laser training guns
Keywords: laser, training
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Date: 24 May 89 04:10:55 GMT
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From: lvc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Lawrence V. Cipriani)

This was copied from the April '89 issue of the Commmunications of
the ACM, pg 417.

A laser gun that can impart harmless "fatal" and superficial shots
has been developed at Sandia National Laboratories for use as a
training tool by the U.S. military.  A vest worn while using the
Tactical Engagement Simulation System (TESS) gun emits a series of
beeps if the laser beam hits a vital area and sporadic blips if it
grazes non-fatal spots.  Information officer Will Keener points out
that full-scale TESS production is about three years away and that
"only 20 prototypes have been manufactured so far."

Copyright (C) 1989 by the Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.

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Larry Cipriani, att!cbnews!lvc or lvc@cbnews.att.com