USAF airborne LASER destroys boosting missile

Toni G. — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:02:50 +0000

2/12/2010 – WASHINGTON (AFNS) – Missile Defense Agency officials demonstrated the potential use of directed energy to defend against ballistic missiles when the Airborne Laser Testbed, successfully destroyed a boosting ballistic missile Feb. 11 over the Pacific Ocean.

The experiment, conducted at Point Mugu Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division Sea Range off the central California coast, serves as a proof-of-concept demonstration for directed energy technology.
The Airborne Laser Testbed is a pathfinder for the nation’s directed energy program and its potential application for missile defense technology.

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Successful AIBORNE LASER missile engagement

Toni G. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:02:19 +0000

8/18/2009 – EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California – The Missile Defense Agency’s

20090810 USAF photo Jim Shryne – YAL-1A Airborne Laser aircraft

Airborne Laser YAL -1A prototype aircraft successfully acquired, tracked, provided atmospheric compensation and simulated the directed energy kill sequence against an instrumented boosting missile target using three onboard low-power lasers on August 10.

US Air Force Link courtesy (www.af.mil)

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