KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — The Air Force and Boeing say an airborne test last month of an advanced tactical laser damaged a moving ground vehicle.
A Boeing spokesman says the Sept. 19 test was aimed at damaging, not destroying, the vehicle.
A C-130H aircraft took off from Kirtland Air Force Base and fired a high-power chemical laser above White Sands Missile Range, about 200 miles south of the Albuquerque base.
The Air Force and Boeing say the test completed the project's first air-to-ground, high-power laser firing at a mobile target.
They say the beam control system guided the laser's energy to the unoccupied target, putting a hole in a fender.
They say the test demonstrates the project's ability to aim and fire a high-energy laser beam at a moving target.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Airlines Everywhere Will Take Heart, I'm Sure
Fire a laser at an airliner as a prank and maybe they'll blow your fender off:
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