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Boeing: Airborne Laser Testbed Team Destroys Boosting Ballistic Missile
Rome, Italy - During the experiment, the aircraft, a modified B-747/400F, took off from EAFB in California
The Boeing Company, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency on Feb. 11 successfully demonstrated the speed, precision and breakthrough potential of directed-energy weapons when the Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) engaged and destroyed a boosting ballistic missile. This experiment marks the first time a laser weapon has engaged and destroyed an in-flight ballistic missile, and the first...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency