The Military Will Try to Make a Missile-Destroying Laser Drone
U.S. Air Force
By Kyle Mizokami
Jun 15, 2017
The Pentagon wants another crack at shooting down ballistic missiles with laser beams. According to The War Zone, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency is looking to put lasers on high-flying drones. Their mission: to intercept enemy missiles during the so-called "boost phase."
This is the second attempt to build such a thing, following an aborted project that involved mounting a giant laser on a Boeing 747. As reported at The War Zone, the Pentagon's planned drone would fly at upwards of 63,000 feet of altitude and would loiter near enemy territory for a day or more, ready to shoot down ballistic missiles rising from below with a concentrated pulse of laser light.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a26948/the-military-wants-a-flying-anti-missile-laser-again/
