Laser Shoots Down UAV in Test

Boeing recently demonstrated that a laser system mounted on an Avenger combat vehicle can shoot down small UAVs. During tests in December 2008 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., the system achieved its principal test objectives by using its advanced targeting system to acquire and track three small...

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