NRL Nike Laser Achieves Spot in Guinness World Records; A set of experiments conducted on the Nike krypton fluoride (KrF) laser at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) nearly five years ago has, at long last, earned the coveted Guinness World Records title for achieving “Highest Projectile Velocity” of greater than 1,000 kilometers per second (km/s), a speed equivalent to two-and-a-quarter million miles per hour. Nike Laser Target Area: James (Jim) Weaver, Yefim Aglitskiy, Jude Kessler, Dennis Brown, Victor Serlin, Steve Krafsig, Max Karasik, Lop-Yung Chan, Stephen (Steve) Terrell, Jaechul Oh;
| Date Taken: | 06.27.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 05.29.2026 15:11 |
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