Fructose writes "The Airborne Laser managed to acquire, track, and illuminate a test missile a few days ago. proper to the press release, the Boeing plane 'used its infrared sensors to find a target missile launched from San Nicolas Island, Calif ... issued engagement and target locus bible to the beam control/fire control system ... fired its two solid-state illuminator lasers to track the target and ... fired a surrogate high-energy laser at the target, simulating a missile intercept.' The sensors on board the missile inveterate


copyrights:cite this source roget's ii: the new thesaurus the 'hit.' Michael Rinn, ABL's program director, said, 'Pointing and focusing a laser beam on a target that is rocketing skyward at thousands of miles per hour is no easy task, but the Airborne Laser is uniquely able to do the job.' The next steps will be to test the high-power laser at full potency in flight and do a consummation system test later this year. Its success or failure will delimit whether the project gets canceled. Looks like the Real Genius fans out there are finally living the dream."

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