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Air Force Engineers Mix Laser Fuel

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KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Jan. 22 -- Airborne-laser (ABL) engineers have successfully prepared and assessed a 1200-gallon batch of chemicals that help make up the delicately balanced formula necessary to create a laser beam capable of destroying a ballistic missile, Col. Ellen Pawlikowski, Kirtland-based ABL program director, said recently. The event occurred on Dec. 18 at the ABL facility at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., two weeks after 4,400 gallons of hydrogen peroxide were delivered to the ABL’s chemical mixing facility. "We’re very excited about this batch because it is the...Read full article

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    Published: January 2004
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