The Nation : ‘Star Wars’ Laser Tested

The Pentagon conducted the first in a series of new “Star Wars” laser experiments in Hawaii, but the test was only partially successful because laser operators were unable to lock on the target properly, sources said. Over the weekend, a laser station on the island of Maui had succeeded in focusing a laser beam on a fast, high-flying rocket, but had failed to bounce the beam off an eight-inch reflective shield attached to the rocket, said the sources, who asked that they not be identified.