国防部长F.C.卡罗齐已批准一项将现有高能激光装置升级的计划。该装置将用于近期的反卫星试验,以对付太空飞行物。卡罗齐是12月9日批准该项计划的,计划的目的是将用于反卫星和卫星易损性研究的高级中红外化学激光器和Sky Lite光束导向器升级。据了解这一决定的官员说,这一计划遭到一些美国空军空间高级官员强烈反对,不过得到联合太空指挥部、陆军、海军及一些国会议员的支持。 Defense Minister F.C. Carozzi has approved a plan to upgrade existing high-energy laser equipment. The device will be used in recent antisatellite tests to combat spacecraft. Carrosi approved the plan on December 9, aiming to upgrade the advanced mid-infrared chemical lasers and the Sky Lite beam directors used for antisatellite and satellite vulnerability studies. Officials who knew the decision said the plan was strongly opposed by some senior US Air Force space officials, but with the support of the Joint Space Command, the Army, the Navy and some members of the Diet.