MDA Considering Testing Smaller Aircraft with ABL

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) wants to explore putting Airborne Laser (ABL) technology on a smaller aircraft than its current jumbo jet platform, MDA’s director said June 11. The high-powered laser, designed to destroy an attacking missile shortly after launch during the boost phase...

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