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Factory Testing of Airborne Laser Cannon Completed

Posted by michael on from the who's-got-the-popcorn? dept.

Acid-F1ux writes "Lockheed Martin has completed factory testing of the optical benches for the Airborne Laser's Beam Control/Fire Control (BC/FC) system. The Airborne Laser (ABL) is the first megawatt-class laser weapon system to be carried on a specially configured 747-400F aircraft, designed to autonomously detect, track and destroy hostile ballistic missiles."

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  1. Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons by Suomalaanen+hjy · · Score: 0, Troll

    I thought USA had signed a protocol that bans or at least makes the use of these types of weapons a possible war crime.

    http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList15 3/D7A6A26E31A44739C1256B66005A07B4