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MDA Studies Latest Airborne Laser Shootdown Failure

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Monday, October 25th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic A chemical laser integrated into a Boeing [BA] 747 failed to shoot down a target missile for the second time in a row Thursday, the Missile Defense Agency said. The agency conducted a planned exercise of the Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) Thursday morning at the Point Mugu Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division Sea Range off the central California coast. The objective was to destroy a solid-fuel, short-range ballistic missile in its boost phase. "Preliminary indications are…

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