The 747 mounted, ballistic missile killing, joint Boeing, Northrop & Lockheed ABL Project looking good to go by 2008 !
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I was happy to hear that they made the ABL a demonstrator, instead of making several of them. By the time they learn all they can from the ABL, which
I would assume would be around 2012, the tech will be good enough from aircraft of smaller size have a megawatt class solid state laser...and thats
what should go into production, not chemical.