Re: SMLs

In a message dated 98-06-24 19:19:43 EDT, Owen quotes:

<< 
 Janes Defence News 24 June 1998, excerpt:
 
 "Laser success for USAF
 The US Air Force (USAF) has conducted the first successful test of the
 high-energy laser module for its YAL-1A Airborne Laser programme. The
 system is designed to shoot down theatre ballistic missiles from the
 nose
 of a Boeing 747-400F." >>

And probably for shooting down about anything else that it can get a
good lock
on - combine a few of these with an AWACS & a JSTARS, & you'll have a
grand
time watching aircraft crash.

Noah V. Doyle
Holding firmly to the belief that the era of combat aircraft is
limited...