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YAL Airborne Laser (United States)

American aircraft which can destroy missiles by a ultimate strong laser gun at the front of the aircraft. The YAL is a modified Boeing 747-400F which has a laser head at the nose of the aircraft.
The first tests were in 1004. The production will started between 2006 and 2008 to have in 2008 7 Airborne lasers in the USAF inventory. The aircraft must destroy the missiles in the bhoost phase, this is the phase that ballistic missiles with their engine are launched to the space. The whole research project costs 1.1 billion dollar. More info by Air defence.
 


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