Lethal Light
The Boeing-led Airborne Laser (ABL) team has accomplished long-duration, lethal-power ground firings of the megawatt-class weapon to tune the mixture of chemical fuels for maximum efficiency ahead of flight tests. The firings into an onboard calorimeter lasted up to 3 sec. A ballistic-missile...
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