LASER SURGERY

As the Pentagon considers fielding an operational Airborne Laser, managers want to change the airframe that accommodates the boost-phase intercept system. The prototype ABL currently being assembled and tested, called the Block 2004 configuration, uses a Boeing 747-400F freighter. But for follow-on...

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