-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! U.S. anti-missile laser passes critical test SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Wednesday, April 4, 2001 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has demonstrated a crucial component in the development of an anti-missile airborne laser. The ABL program aims to develop a system that can destroy ballistic missiles and their launchers through a beam of a high-energy laser. Leading U.S. companies such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and TRW are involved in the program. Executives said Raytheon has achieved what they termed a crucial milestone in the development of the beam control/fire control system, Middle East Newsline reported. The system is meant to fire the laser at the target missile during its initial boost phase from ranges of hundreds of kilometers away. The milestone was the first "light test" of the Track Illuminator Laser at a facility El Segundo, Calif. The TILL, one of four critical lasers in the ABL, was the first to demonstrate that it can project powerful pulses of light on a small section of a missile and obtain data of the target's speed, elevation and probable point of impact. Executives said the test demonstrated the power of the fire control system, which operated for 30 minutes, far more than expected. Lockheed Martin is developing the fire control system. The high-energy chemical-oxygen-iodine laser will be provided by TRW. "This is a brand new technology and the test proves the design is valid," Lockheed Martin ABL program manager Paul Shattuck said. "For the ABL program we pushed both sides of the equation — a more sensitive sensor and a more powerful illuminator laser. This reduced the development risk because the components can compensate for each other." The TILL is scheduled to be delivered later this year for integration by Lockheed Martin. A full test of the ABL, the prime contractor of which is Boeing, will take place next year. Boeing supplies the 747-400 freighter aircraft and the battle management, command and control system. Wednesday, April 4, 2001 *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF!ttp://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ���CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ������������������������rchives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF!ttp://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF!ttp:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ������������������������o subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
