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    The Boeing YAL-1 airborne laser testbed was a modified Boeing 747-400F with a megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) mounted inside. It was...
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  • chemical lasers, the Department of Defense stopped all development of chemical laser systems with the termination of the Airborne Laser Testbed in 2012...
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    the destruction of incoming missiles. One such example is the Boeing Airborne Laser, constructed inside a Boeing 747 and designated as the YAL-1. This system...
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    tactical laser Airborne laser Boeing YAL-1 High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System (HELLADS) Skyguard Peresvet "US and Israel Shelved Laser as a Defense"...
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    kilometres and weigh about 5,000–7,000 kg. This program is distinct from the Airborne Laser, which was a much larger system designed to destroy enemy missiles in...
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    Defense Agency. This aircraft serves as a target for the Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed. A G-IIB (N779LC, cn 88) has been modified with the same large dorsal...
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    over chemical lasers, like the one used in Boeing's previous YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed, because there is a shorter logistical tail and less time is needed...
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    National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Airborne Sounder Testbed – Interferometer (NAST-I) instrument in March 2000 during the Cloud-Intensive...
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    However, they were made obsolete by the 1940s with the introduction of airborne radar. Air observation posts were developed during World War II. Light...
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    Il-150 Proposed Beriev A-50 with Perm PS-90 engines. Beriev A-60 Airborne laser weapon testbed (Il-76 version 1A) Il-76LL With reinforced wing (at least 3...
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