Optical Technology: Military Applications

          As the optical fiber as a transmission medium, compared with conventional copper cableswith a series of obvious advantages, therefore, since the 1970s, fiber-optic technology, not only in telecommunications and other civilian areas have made rapid development, but alsobecause of its resistance to electromagnetic interference, confidentiality, the ability of anti-nuclear radiation, and light weight, small size, etc., it has also been the Governments of developed countries and the military's attention and favor. Especially in the U.S., as early as the mid-1980s, the military application of fiber-optic plan has reached 400 or soprojects, these projects include the fixed telecommunications network facilities, tacticalcommunications systems, remote surveillance vehicles and aircraft, fiber optic guided missiles, avionics data bus and control links, carrier-based fiber-optic data bus, networkanti-submarine warfare, acoustic towed array, remote dive, sensors, and nuclear testing.There are reports of these projects have made ​​different progress. Since the 1990s, fiber-optic technology for military applications continue to be the United States, Europe and other countries military attention. In the United States, the Tri-optical technology development activities, project divided into five parts: active and passive opticalcomponents, sensors, radiation effects, point to point and network systems. Fiber by theCoordination Committee to organize armed forces, an annual investment of $ 50 million. In the 21st century, the U.S. Defense Department has "photonics, optoelectronics," and "point to point communication" as the 2010 top ten defense technology in two. Fiber-optic technology which occupies a pivotal position. This indicates that the United States and other Western countries for military applications of optical fiber technology will be in full swing and acceleration. The presentation of the pre-application and verify that. 21st centurymilitary communications and weapons technology will not leave the fiber "modernization" or "advanced" at all, in future wars will be beaten in a passive situation.