Airborne Laser achieves 'first light' in ground test
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) has achieved "first light," the first of two milestones the program has been aiming to complete by year's end. The laser, which emitted an invisible beam for a fraction of a second, heated up its target, a metal wall, and set fire to dust...
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