“First Light” Keeps ABL On Track for 2099 Shootdown
Credit: U.S. AIR FORCE/BOBBY ZAPKA
The first shoot-down of a ballistic missile by an airborne laser could be less than a year away, following “first light” ground firings of the high-energy weapon on board a modified Boeing 747-400F. But when that lethal demonstration takes place and what happens next depends on whether a skeptical...
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