I guess I shouldn't have said "beam shot"; while you couldn't see the beam you could surely see the destruction it must have wrought, and that's what I meant by wishing there was a non-classified video available (though I suppose we can hope to see one in the future, as sometimes these defense contractors do release pics and vids).
The ABL wasn't completely canceled, from what I understand they scrapped a planned 2nd laser plane and decided to continue funding the existing one (and only one) mostly as an R&D project for now. So the funding has been cut, unfortunately, but the program is still around.
This, however, is the ATL - Advanced Tactical Laser. This one, unlike the ABL, is designed to hit ground targets and isn't as powerful. Both use chemical lasers that were built and designed by Northrop Grumman, and the fact that they do have to be re-fueled with laser chemicals is one reason that more money is being thrown at solid state laser weapons research. So it's kind of like a battery powered pointer in a way - you eventually have to "re-fuel" it ever so often. Though these chemical lasers are way worse in that regard - they only run for a few minutes one one fueling!
