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Air Force Association Deplores Airborne Laser Missile Defense Cut

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Monday, May 11th, 2009

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Deep cuts to the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile program are unwise, as would be a proposed killing of the Joint Air-to-Surface Missile (JASM) program, the Air Force Association (AFA) stated. President Obama's proposed cuts would be harmful, and Congress should reverse them, the AFA stated. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates proposed not buying any more Airborne Laser aircraft, even if the one existing ABL prototype aircraft annihilates a target missile in a crucial test later this year. President Obama then…

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