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Airborne Laser (ABL)

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ABL Missile Engagement

click to play video On August 10, 2009, the Airborne Laser engaged an instrumented target missile launched from San Nicolas Island, located in the Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division Sea Range, off the central California coast. This was a test of the tracking laser, atmospheric compensation laser, and surrogate high-energy laser (SHEL) for scoring purposes in preparation for a high-energy laser shootdown later this year. A camera sensitive to infrared wavelengths was positioned on the Boeing 747 cockpit glare shield by the pilot. In the video, you see the bright missile plume moving left to right across the windshield. Note several small windshield reflections as the missile travels across the screen. The first laser beam that comes on is the tracking laser, followed by the atmospheric compensation laser, and finally the SHEL. The 36-foot-long Terrier Lynx/Black Brandt missile moves rapidly across the sky, showing the rapid timelines and clear advantage that speed-of-light, directed energy weapons deliver.

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ABL Update: April 2009
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ABL - Weapon Systems for Tomorrow's Challenges (Neg#: 090130aABL)
2009 Executive Progress Report
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2008 ABL Overview (Neg#: 2008-ABL-Overview)
2008 ABL Overview Video
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ABL
2007 Airborne Laser and Big Crow
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2006 ABL Overview
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ABL video screen caputure
2005 - 1st Turret Ball Rotation
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2004 - Missile Defense
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2003 ABL Vignette
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ABL Overview - March 13, 2003
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ABL First Flight - July 18, 2002
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2nd Half 2001 Program Progress
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1st Half 2001 Program Progress
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2nd Half 2000 Program Progress
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