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Southwest Research Institute is investigating faster, cheaper and more effective ballistic testing through innovative uses of lasers and microscale projectiles. Engineers improved and expanded Laser-Induced Particle Impact Testing (LIPIT), using larger 0.3 mm impactors to pierce the inner metal square, to improve LIPIT data correlations with conventional ballistics testing, shown in foreground.