Airborne Laser Testbed

[stinkbug]

fwaking awesome

Foreign News - iPressCenter.com: America Politics, Interviews, Opinions, Articles, Translations. The Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) research and development platform successfully fired the onboard High Energy Laser (HEL) to engage an instrumented target missile, called a Missile Alternative Range Target Instrument (MARTI).

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[Scotty 757]

Ya. I saw this video about 2 weeks ago. It is pretty sweet.

 

[stinkbug]

yea i guess theres a bunch of prototypes around that stuff should like something out of a sci-fi movie. more lasers pew pew.