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Airborne Laser: Bullets of Light.(Book Review)

Publication: Air Power History
Publication Date: 22-MAR-04
Format: Online - approximately 632 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Airborne Laser: Bullets of Light. By Robert W. Duffner. New York: Plenum Press, 1997. Diagrams. Illustrations. Photographs. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xvii, 398. $34.95 ISBN: 0-306-45622-2

On July 18, 2002, the YAL-1A, commonly known as the Airborne Laser (ABL), made its in...

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...maiden flight Wichita, Kansas. If this aircraft and its laser weapon revolutionize warfare (as some experts argue), then the groundwork for that revolution began in the 1970s with the Airborne Laser Laboratory (ALL).

Airborne Laser chronicles the long, problematic development of the ALL including its technological challenges and triumphs. The...

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