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February 13, 2010 8:14 a.m. EST
Topics: science and technology, politics, defense, laser, missile systems, technology, United States
Windsor Genova - AHN News Writer
Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) - The U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced Friday it successfully tested a new anti-ballistic missile defense system that uses laser beam fired from a Boeing 747 plane to destroy an in-flight missile.
The agency's Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) destroyed a mock ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. The missile was launched at 8:44 p.m. from an at-sea mobile launch platform and within two minutes, the ALTB detected and destroyed it. The extreme heat of the laser beam caused the missile to fail.
The modified Boeing 747-400F took off from Edwards Air Force Base and focused its high-energy laser at the boosting missile off the coast of California.
Northrop Grumman designed and built the ALTB that features a control system developed by Lockheed Martin while Boeing provided the aircraft, the battle management system and overall systems integration and testing.
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