{"id":322187,"date":"2010-02-15T08:42:39","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T13:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5471926"},"modified":"2010-02-15T08:42:39","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T13:42:39","slug":"video-of-airborne-laser-destroying-a-ballistic-missile-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/322187","title":{"rendered":"Video of Airborne Laser Destroying a Ballistic Missile [Weapons]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/video-altb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/500x_video-altb.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a>At last, the <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #missiledefenseagency\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/missiledefenseagency\/\">Missile Defense Agency<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5100377\/boeing-airborne-laser-weapon-fires-for-the-first-time\">Airborne Laser<\/a> has killed an actual ballistic missile in mid-air. The best part: They recorded it in video. This is not Star Wars pew-pew. It actually looks like the Enterprise&#8217;s phasers.<\/p>\n<p><!-- videoId: d499d8b6181ce5c35c --><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nnewVideoPlayer( {\"type\":\"video\",\"player\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bg-video.cp.motionbox.com\\\/motionboxons\\\/flash\\\/VideoPlayer.swf?type=sd&video_uid=d499d8b6181ce5c35c&security_token=prod3.09b18abaaa7fc659\",\"customParams\":{\"allowScriptAccess\":\"always\"},\"width\":500,\"height\":319.65,\"ratio\":0.6393,\"flashData\":\"\",\"embedName\":\"mbox_player_d499d8b6181ce5c35c\",\"objectId\":\"mbox_player_d499d8b6181ce5c35c\",\"noEmbed\":false,\"source\":\"motionbox\"} );\n<\/script><!-- \/videoId: d499d8b6181ce5c35c --><\/p>\n<p>It happened February 11, 8:44 Pacific Standard Time, at the Point Mugu Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division Sea Range off the central California coast. The missile&mdash;representing a SCUD&mdash;launched from a platform at sea. Second later, the <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #airbornelasertestbed\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/airbornelasertestbed\/\">Airborne Laser Test Bed<\/a>&#8216;s sensors&mdash;flying on a Boeing 747-400F&mdash;detected the launch, tracking its trajectory with a low-energy tracking laser. A second laser was focused ont he missile to measure the atmospheric disturbance, gathering data to achieve the perfect firing solution.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\ngawkerGallery(5471937,4,'');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Seconds later, the ALTC unleashed its megawatt-class High Energy Laser, causing a massive structural failure in the missile as it was rising in the sky. In other words: Boom. The engagement took only <i>two minutes<\/i>, demonstrating that this weapon will be extremely useful in destroying waves of missiles, one after the other. Like Missile Command, but from the air. [<a href=\"http:\/\/boeing.mediaroom.com\/index.php?s=43&#038;item=1075\">Boeing<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lockheedmartin.com\/news\/press_releases\/2010\/02-12-ssc-abl-shootdown.html\">Lockheed Martin<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=67a01321c5e76c5114e28343da2ae304&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=67a01321c5e76c5114e28343da2ae304&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2226\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=hQCfuIEBbOE:yO60Ed_Mykk:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=hQCfuIEBbOE:yO60Ed_Mykk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=hQCfuIEBbOE:yO60Ed_Mykk:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=hQCfuIEBbOE:yO60Ed_Mykk:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=hQCfuIEBbOE:yO60Ed_Mykk:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=hQCfuIEBbOE:yO60Ed_Mykk:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/hQCfuIEBbOE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At last, the Missile Defense Agency Airborne Laser has killed an actual ballistic missile in mid-air. The best part: They recorded it in video. This is not Star Wars pew-pew. It actually looks like the Enterprise&#8217;s phasers. It happened February 11, 8:44 Pacific Standard Time, at the Point Mugu Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division Sea [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1548,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-322187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1548"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}