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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jjack, post: 1416763, member: 33596&quot;]Here is interesting read on now cancelled <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_Laser" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_Laser" rel="nofollow">YAL-1 Airborne Laser system</a> &quot;The ABL does not burn through or disintegrate its target. It heats the&nbsp; missile skin, weakening it, causing failure from high speed flight&nbsp; stress. The laser uses chemical fuel similar to rocket propellant to&nbsp; generate the high laser power. Current plans call for each 747 to carry&nbsp; enough laser fuel for about 20 shots, or perhaps as many as 40 low-power&nbsp; shots against fragile TBMs.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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