Nuke-nobbler raygun 747 in first full-power blast
The RegisterCoUK
US aerospace globocorp Boeing is chuffed as ninepence today to announce the first full-power firing of its jumbo-jet-mounted, ICBM-toasting ray cannon - the Airborne Laser (ABL). The system saw “first light” in September, but this is the first time the big laser’s knob has been turned up to full. ….
…. With a new and less hawkish president shortly to take up office, and US government finances headed for a particularly bad period in the near future, the ABL may be going nowhere no matter how well its test programme is proceeding right now.