Update on Airborne Laser Test Bed Experiment

Update on Airborne Laser Test Bed Experiment

"...The Agency plans to resume flight experiments beginning with tests of the software repair on September 13 leading to a lethal shootdown experiment involving a solid-fuel target missile by the end of this month. A mid-October experiment is in the planning stages that will involve lasing a solid-fuel missile at three times the range of last February’s successful destruction of a liquid-fuel missile. ..."

Reference: www.mda.mil .

LOCKHEED MARTIN INAUGURATES TARGET SINGLE INTEGRATION CAPABILITY FOR THE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY IN COURTLAND, ALA.

LOCKHEED MARTIN INAUGURATES TARGET SINGLE INTEGRATION CAPABILITY FOR THE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY IN COURTLAND, ALA.

"...Lockheed Martin, as the MDA’s prime contractor for Targets and Countermeasures, will deliver targets from Courtland to ranges around the globe to test Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, Aegis, Ground-based Midcourse, Airborne Laser, sensors and other Ballistic Missile Defense System elements – demonstrating both element- and system-level capabilities against current and future threats to the U.S., friends, allies and troops abroad. ..."

Reference: www.lockheedmartin.com .

Video: Airborne Laser Tracks and Engages A Missile in Flight

Airborne Laser Tracks and Engages A Missile in Flight
"...The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has released a video of this futuristic system in action, tracking and engaging a test missile fired from San Nicolas Island off the California coast. While the video might come off just a bit anti-climactic, with no dramatic explosion to cap off the laser blast, it does prove one key thing: the system, at least if the video is to be believed, actually works...."
Reference: www.popsci.com


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Obama’s Missile Defense Conundrum

Obama’s Missile Defense Conundrum
"...One of the major missile defense programs on the chopping block is the Airborne Laser (ABL) system. This energy directed weapon is used to shoot down a long-range missile shortly after launch–the point at which a missile is most vulnerable. Another casualty looks to be the Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) program..."
Reference: blog.heritage.org

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