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Airborne Laser program ordering more iodine due to glitch

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) program plans to order more iodine for the ABL's kill laser because the current batch has not performed properly in testing, possibly due to excessive moisture in the chemical, an MDA spokesman said late Sept. 28. The glitch has forced MDA to...

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