Friday, September 4, 2009

Big Boeing Blaster Blows Something Up (finally)

Laser make something go boom. Still no Blastech DL-44 for me yet.

According to Boeing and the US Air Force, that happened over the White Sands Missile Range on August 30th, when an C-130H aircraft equipped with the Advanced Tactical Laser (or ATL) locked on to an unspecified ground target and fired the 12,000lb high-power chemical laser to make the target disappear from the face of the Earth.

from Endgadget


1 comment:

  1. The article you linked to got it wrong, so you aren't exactly correct.

    The parked C-130 was the target.

    The ABL is mounted on a 747.

    better explanation here:
    http://www.examiner.com/x-7773-Phoenix-Aviation-Examiner~y2009m9d3-Missile-defense-laser-fired-in-flight-for-first-time-airborne-laser-destroys-target-update

    regards,

    Mark

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