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A technician at Northrop Grumman Space Technology in Redondo Beach, Calif., checks diagnostic instruments used to monitor infrared laser beams fired by the company’s laboratory demonstrator for the U.S. military’s Joint High Power Solid State program.  The high-energy laser recently fired one of the most powerful, longest duration beams yet produced by an electric laser.