as I said, the yanks were interested in the tech and there is a joint, DSTO/Tenix(BAE australia) and the US, (Australian-US Project Arrangement 10 EWSP cooperation programme). The use of long wavelength fiber is where it was headed.
ADM: OZDIRCM emerges
The micro-structured fluoride glass optical fibre was developed collaboratively by DSTO with Sydney University and is a world first, allowing the transmission of longer IR wavelengths of light.
In between attacking me, is there any chance you can you tell when there is a l@ser weapon that can fit into a fighter, how "the nature of air combat will have changed dramatically."