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Friday, August 14, 2009

Boeing’s Airborne Laser passes in-flight test

Airborne Laser (ABL) AircraftThe Boeing Co. and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency successfully completed the Airborne Laser’s first in-flight test against an instrumented target missile on Aug. 10.

Under development in New Mexico and California since 1994, the system uses a high-powered laser mounted on a modified Boeing 747 to destroy ballistic missiles just as they take off.

In the latest test, the Boeing craft used its infrared sensors to find a target missile launched from San Nicolas Island off the central California coast.

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