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The Boeing YAL-1 airborne laser testbed was a modified Boeing 747-400F with a megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) mounted inside. It was primarily designed to test its feasibility as a missile defense system to destroy tactical ballistic missiles (TBMs) while in boost phase.
YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB) – element amerykańskiego systemu obrony antybalistycznej, którego zadaniem jest zwalczanie wrogich pocisków balistycznych, w pierwszej silnikowej fazie ich lotu (Boost Phase Defense).
19 maj 2024 · The USAF performed its first tests on the effectiveness of airborne lasers in 1981 . A heavily modified KC-135 used COIL in a point defense role, destroying five AIM-9 Sidewinders and a cruise missile drone ( source ).
4 maj 2015 · Maszynę, już oficjalnie oznaczoną YAL-1 i sklasyfikowaną jak Airborne Laser Testbed (Platforma Doświadczalna Lasera Lotniczego, ALTB), przydzielono do 417. Eskadry Doświadczalnej stacjonującej w bazie Edwards. Próby z YAL-1 przebiegały w tempie, które na pierwszy rzut oka można by uznać za żółwie.
7 lis 2000 · The US Air Force airborne laser, (ABL), designated YAL-1A, is a high-energy laser weapon system for the destruction of tactical theatre ballistic missiles, which is carried on a modified Boeing 747-400F freighter aircraft.
An airborne laser (ABL) is a laser system operated from a flying platform, as in the: Soviet/Russian Beriev A-60 (1981, active) American Boeing YAL-1 (2002-2012, scrapped)
The Airborne Laser (ABL) is a project under the United States Air Force to design an aircraft that would be capable of destroying theater ballistic missiles (TBMs) during their boost phase.
