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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

US anti-missile laser plane needs more work

Airborne Laser (ABL) AircrafRecent tests of an experimental anti-missile Boeing 747, referred to as the ABL (airborne laser), were a success for the United States military.

But they were successful in the sense that they seemed to have successfully shown that a new tack was needed, to fully realize the goal of building anti-missile planes.

The ABL has three lasers on it: one of tracking, one for beam modulation, and for exploding stuff up.

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