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Airborne Laser program conducts 'first flight' of key device

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) program achieved a key goal Dec. 3 by conducting the "first flight" of the Lockheed Martin beam control/fire control system. The beam control/fire control system, designed to guide the kill laser to its target, took off from Edwards Air Force...

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