USAF Airborne Laser (ABL) and target aircraft

[potatoradio]

all I want is a jumbo jet with a frigin laser on its head. is that so hard realy...lol

[StiviGun1]

So just how effective is this thing against ballistic missiles? For instance, is it capable of destroying a Russian ICBM over Russian territory from over the US' territory?

[JBsucks922]

Woohoo!! here comes Halo!

[lv999iam]

Plane - IMMA FIRIN MAH LAYZAH BBLLLLAAAAARRRRGGGGGG

[toastyovens]

Where the fuck is the lazers!!!!! Gimme back 1:16 of my life back!!!! I wanna see freaking sharsks with freakings lazerss!!!!!

[GeneralChurch]

watch the test of the system, you see it shoot down a missile in a released test.

[chuckeieio]

Me too! I feel cheated somehow!

[whiteblood10]

IMMA CHARGIN MAH LAZOR BLARGGHHH lol

[rationalway]

That's so pathetic!

What if the missile is covered with a thick reflective layer! And can it shoot down warheads on re-entry?

[Judgement1337]

It's designed only to shoot them during the missiles boost phase.

[rationalway]

That way you have to be close to the enemy's territory. And I said 'what if it's covered with a reflective mirror like layer'.

[sandrifter]

amongst other battlefield scenarios.

[snedie69er]

@rationalway

The whole point of this concept is to target missiles as they are just launching.

It is impossible to target a warhead during re-entry to the earth atmosphere as they are moving at super sonic speeds, add in the fact that each missile generally lauches around 5 warheads at a time (At least one real, rest are duds) hitting even the correct one in time makes the task even harder.

[Conservativepacheat]

i want to see it hit a target,have they released hits yet??

[Minuteman091112]

America owns the skies X10. STS-124, B-2, F-22, F35. Hell, we landed on the moon 39 years ago. You gotta love it!

[1cabraden]

@Minuteman091112

Right on. So much for the supposedly "game changing" Chinese anti-ship missile.

[Remy21337]

@Minuteman091112 Bring a F35 down on 400m and I'll bring an AK-47, then we'll see who owns the skies mate. : )

[humexavier]

Can Small electro-magnetized missiles levitate on a Jet's wing.Wing does not touch missile at all,only magnet levitation.Small missiles will obtain there own laser energized magnetism,because of solar cells that are around the missiles,they can become energized, photo-voltaic cells and can make magnet levitation,see when laser light shines(not sun light)on the missile's solar cells.This allows so creates levitation fields.Could be hard to balance the missile levitate properties,in high g-forces.

[reisejr]

huh? what are you trying to say?

[xTITANxFTWx]

I think your just throwing shit together to make yourself sound smart.

[UNSOF]

What is the purpose of the NKC-135E shown flying next the YAL-1A?

[abldragon]

Big Crow is equipped with a variety of instrumentation to detect and record the test parameters, like detecting the emitted laser to make sure the laser turret targets correctly.

[UNSOF]

the big crow must have VERY specific instruments and sensors I assume.

[sandrifter]

yes it does...just behind the entry door about 1/3 the way down the painted on missile. it's oval in shape with sensors.