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  • Needed: Lasers in the sky

    04/06/2006 9:52:30 AM PDT · by neverdem · 37 replies · 959+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | April 6, 2006 | James T. Hackett
        Problem: How to protect the United States, Israel, Japan, Taiwan, NATO other friends and allies, and U.S. military bases all around the world, from ballistic missiles of different ranges, warheads and capabilities, including the multiple warhead type now claimed by Iran? Solution: The Airborne Laser (ABL).     It is the promise of a mobile worldwide defense against a variety of threats that makes development of the ABL important. The Missile Defense Agency has been working on this system for nine years and in 2008 will reach the culmination of that effort with an attempt to shoot down a ballistic missile from...