Jamesmessig (September 29, 2008 at 1:47 am)

Hi Folks;I think you can trust that the 747 ABL will become operational relatively soon. These engineer and physics geeks have I am sure thought of the possible counter measures and with top military strategic brass, have gone over a wide range of scenarios about how and when it would be fired.As for the ABL's use as an antipersonel weapon, such can probably done at a range of atleast 40 miles for future systems that might have an antipersonel aspect. EM energy weapons are here to stay.

Doublehp (September 24, 2008 at 4:58 pm)

And, after powder and nuclear, i think it's a very good idea to come to the next generation of defense. + you will notice that this is a defense only weapon, as it can hardly be used as massive attack ammo. I think it's good a good sign any army start to focus on defense.

Doublehp (September 24, 2008 at 4:57 pm)

shrunkensimon according to the USA-Russia distance, and the max speed of a missile, i think that even a single YAL-1A should be enough for the job. Anyway, the aim of this weapon is not to be efficient and reliable next year; it's a long term program experiment.

shrunkensimon (August 30, 2008 at 12:17 pm)

"The defence.. of freedom".. what utter shite!I'd like to see 7 of these aircraft defend against a launch of 100's of warheads at the same time from Russian soil.. that would be the ultimate FAIL

orientninjai (August 24, 2008 at 3:33 pm)

can have one )_)

altoid100568 (August 19, 2008 at 2:40 pm)

multiple kills handled at the speed of light...shoot it down?...i don't think so...at least not as trivial as you think.

mahbrocigarettes (August 17, 2008 at 4:49 pm)

so.....so are they trying to tell us that they already tested this? as in there was already a missle strike buy HIYO surprise weve had this technology for a little while, but the public thinks we just came out with it? kinda like the arrival of stealth bombers.

khyvast (August 17, 2008 at 3:56 am)

Think of being a pilot of one of these in the airforce."Hey what are you doin today?""Not much, just lasering some missiles"

Raminagrobisfr (August 12, 2008 at 8:38 pm)

That's stupid! It would imply to keep 747's flying over ennemy territory constantly !

CAPJasonG (August 10, 2008 at 3:55 pm)

HLOY MOTHERE OF JESUS, THAT YAL-1A aka. AIRBORNE LASER IS SO FREAKIN' AWESOME!!! I'D REALLY LIKE THE CHANCE TO FIRE THE LASER! IT LOOKS LIKE STAR TREK IS BECOMING REAL!! AWESOME INVENTION MDA (Missile Defense Agency)!!!!!