Comments on: Airborne Lasers http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/08/12/airborne-lasers/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Collins http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/08/12/airborne-lasers/comment-page-1/#comment-439507 Jim Collins Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:47:39 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=10991#comment-439507 What in the hell is a "simulated kill"? It's crap like this that gets a program cancelled. Reporter interviewing AF General: Reporter: How did today's test go? General: Excellant we obtained three simulated kills against three targets. We have proven that our targeting system works. Give us another year to install the high powered lasers in the aircraft and we will be ready to begin operational testing. Headline: ABL Program in Trouble. Air Force Needs Year to Get Back on Track. What in the hell is a “simulated kill”? It’s crap like this that gets a program cancelled.

Reporter interviewing AF General:
Reporter: How did today’s test go?
General: Excellant we obtained three simulated kills against three targets. We have proven that our targeting system works. Give us another year to install the high powered lasers in the aircraft and we will be ready to begin operational testing.

Headline: ABL Program in Trouble. Air Force Needs Year to Get Back on Track.

]]> By: Steeljaw Scribe http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/08/12/airborne-lasers/comment-page-1/#comment-439449 Steeljaw Scribe Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:46:38 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=10991#comment-439449 For the record, yesterday the ABL successfully acquired, tracked, provided atmospheric compensation and simulated the directed energy kill sequence against an instrumented boosting missile target using three onboard low-power lasers on August 10 at 9:50 p.m. PDT. The missile was launched from San Nicolas Island, located in the Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division Sea Range, off the central California coast. This was the third "test" intercept in the last two months. Looking at hard kill test in another month or two... - SJS For the record, yesterday the ABL successfully acquired, tracked, provided atmospheric compensation and simulated the directed energy kill sequence against an instrumented boosting missile target using three onboard low-power lasers on August 10 at 9:50 p.m. PDT. The missile was launched from San Nicolas Island, located in the Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division Sea Range, off the central California coast. This was the third “test” intercept in the last two months. Looking at hard kill test in another month or two…
- SJS

]]> By: Bruce Jones http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/08/12/airborne-lasers/comment-page-1/#comment-439319 Bruce Jones Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:13:40 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=10991#comment-439319 But what would be ludicrous speed? But what would be ludicrous speed?

]]> By: SpazSinbad http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/08/12/airborne-lasers/comment-page-1/#comment-439238 SpazSinbad Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:57:16 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=10991#comment-439238 Boeing Airborne Laser Team Completes 1st Airborne Test Against Instrumented Target Missile: http://tiny.cc/TRpx0 Boeing Airborne Laser Team Completes 1st Airborne Test Against Instrumented Target Missile: http://tiny.cc/TRpx0

]]> By: virgil xenophon http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/08/12/airborne-lasers/comment-page-1/#comment-439187 virgil xenophon Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:40:34 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=10991#comment-439187 Spaz/ I guess all that will keep the guys at Wright-Pat and Edwards happy--don't know about anybody else over 1/lt--they'll all be retired before that stuff is fielded if the 35 program is any indication--or if Obama wins a second election. If that happens the choice will probably be between box-kites vs traditional Diamond with tails and a few Chinese/Thai fighting kites thrown in for good measure. Spaz/

I guess all that will keep the guys at Wright-Pat and Edwards happy–don’t know about anybody else over 1/lt–they’ll all be retired before that stuff is fielded if the 35 program is any indication–or if Obama wins a second election. If that happens the choice will probably be between box-kites vs traditional Diamond with tails and a few Chinese/Thai fighting kites thrown in for good measure.

]]> By: SpazSinbad http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/08/12/airborne-lasers/comment-page-1/#comment-439140 SpazSinbad Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:02:59 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=10991#comment-439140 VX, USAF Plots Needs for a Fantastic Future: http://tiny.cc/0dVYt VX, USAF Plots Needs for a Fantastic Future: http://tiny.cc/0dVYt

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