Airborne laser gets funds

Article Abstract:

Congress will likely restore most, if not all, of the $92 million that the Air Force cut from its Airborne Laser (ABL) program to pay off operational bills by the time it wraps up defense spending and authorization bills later in 2000. The Senate version of both authorization and fund allocation bills have added $92 million back to the ABL program, while the House versions of these bills have added back about $82 million to the ABL account. Senate aides say that the money is needed to keep the ABL program on track at least through its first planned interceptor test.

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The Tehran triad

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A series of episodes have led to further tensions between Iran and the United States as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened to destroy Israel and decided to plunge ahead with the nuclear program that West fears is a danger to the entire world. Iran was on the US State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism and offers safe haven to al-Qaeda and other extremist groups while the US and the UK complain that Iranian provocateurs are infiltrating post-Saddam Iraq, fueling instability.

International politics, Nuclear Ordnance & Equip, Iran, Military aspects, Military policy, Nuclear weapons, Iranian foreign relations, Strategic aspects

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Airborne Laser passes Critical Design Review

Article Abstract:

The Airborne Laser (ABL) program, aimed at creating a high-energy laser capable of shooting down ballistic missiles, has successfully passed a Critical Design Review (CDR) conducted in the last week of Apr 2000. Passing the CDR, which was participated in by the US Air Force, TRW, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, means that the ABL program can now proceed to the process of integration, manufacture of subsequent testing.

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