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Airborne Laser Program Faces Uphill Battle

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Mar. 27, 2009 — Defense contractors face an uphill battle to convince lawmakers and taxpayers to continue funding the Airborne Laser Program, which involves outfitting a Northrop Grumman chemical-oxygen-iodine laser onto the nose of a Boeing 747-400F freighter airplane with a Lockheed Martin system to sense and track missiles. The laser is supposed to destroy so-called theater ballistic missiles, of which tens of thousands exist in nations around the world. The Scud missiles that Saddam Hussein's regime used in the Gulf War are examples of these missiles. However, the program has continued more than...Read full article

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    Published: March 2009
    ABLairborne laserBoeingchemical oxygen iodine laserCOIL laserDavid Shenkenbergs BlogdefenseLockheed MartinNorthrop GrummanTRW laserLasers

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