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‘Thin’ Industrial Base Lends Urgency To ABL Development Timeline, Air Force PM Says

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

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By Marina Malenic Air Force program managers are carefully balancing budget constraints with the need to support their industrial base in the development of the Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense program, officials said last week. ABL is being designed to destroy enemy missiles in their boost phase using a potent beam of light. The system's first shootdown test is scheduled for August 2009. However, a single successful shoot-down is unlikely to be enough to lead directly to an acquisition decision,…

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