All I remember is that the last press release I saw said they had flight tested the aiming laser that kept a lock on some target through the desired atmospheric disturbances, etc.
You're right...I know they've tested the COIL laser. But not if it has flown. Course, what you and I know is not the same as what Russia and China knows, and not what certain USAF/Boeing people might know....
QUIT RUINING MY BUZZ WITH FACTS! LOOK AT THE GLOBAL FIREWORKS! FUN!
Um...
I'd prefer that it be an SM2 or SM3 that took out the missiles. The ABL is fine, but it's still in a very fragile airplane. It's possible to take it out.
I would prefer that our enemies know that anywhere our Navy can see with the Aegis, they can't possibly get a ballistic missile to hit. Navy ships are a lot harder to destroy than an airplane.