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20 December 2005 |
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The Boeing Corporation has announced that it has completed a series of tests of the airborne laser (ABL) -- a Boeing 747 aircraft featuring a high-energy Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser. During the ground-based tests the laser's duration and power were demonstrated at levels suitable for the destruction of ballistic missiles, Boeing said according to a report on optics.org Friday. "Proving the capability of this laser to operate at lethal levels of power and duration moves the system a step closer to becoming a vital component of the nation's boost phase defense against ballistic missile threat," said Pat Shanahan, vice president and general manager of Boeing Missile Defense Systems.
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