Airborne Laser on track despite weight gain, official says
The weapon system for the Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser is proving to be about 30,000 pounds heavier than expected a few years ago, but the extra weight is not expected to affect plans to attempt the program's first ballistic missile shootdown in December 2004, the ABL program director...
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