Friday, February 12, 2010

Cancelled By O Duce Of Course -- Just Like The Space Program Has Been Cancelled In Favor Of...

Last night off the coast of California, history was made as the Airborne Laser (ABL) successfully detected, tracked, and destroyed a boosting ballistic missile for the first time:


WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. high-powered airborne laser weapon shot down a ballistic missile in the first successful test of a futuristic directed energy weapon, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said on Friday.

UPDATE: Video of the intercept released by MDA --- note the target missile breaking up around 0:12:

...funding James Hansen to do "Climate Research" of course.