Airborne Laser Fizzles Again
A second attempt to shoot down a ballistic missile using the Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser testbed failed on Oct. 21 when the system did not transition from tracking the target missile’s rocket plume to active tracking. The megawatt-class chemical laser was not fired, says the U.S. Missile Defense...
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