Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Airborne Laser Destroys a Missile in Flight

The successful test firing of the Advanced Tactical Laser a stationary target, moving target, and airborne target has been surpassed with a successful airborne strike on a missile in flight. This test means we could be getting close to the end of having a viable working prototype which would then be only a funding pitch away from this system being implemented as a missile defense shield. Given Obama's comments on a missile shield, that funding is far from certain.

Video embedded below.

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