MDA/Boeing test ABL tracking laser

LASER TRACKING: The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Boeing successfully fired the Airborne Laser (ABL) system's tracking laser in-flight at an airborne target for the first time March 15, the company announced. The ABL aircraft, a modified Boeing 747-400 freighter, used infrared sensors to...

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