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Title: AirBorne Laser


1
AirBorne Laser
  • C/3 Jonathan Kim
  • February 13, 2004

2
OVERVIEW
  • History
  • AirBorne Laser (ABL)
  • ABL Laser System
  • Conclusion

3
HISTORY
  • Edward Teller, world-renowned expert in
    thermonuclear energy
  • Envisioned large aircraft armed with high-powered
    lasers
  • KC-135A originally used
  • ALL (Airborne Laser Laboratory)
  • Carbon dioxide dynamic laser
  • Shot down first target a towed drone May 2,
    1981
  • July 26, 1983 shot down five sidewinder
    air-to-air missles
  • Showed that laser mounted aircraft could be a
    formidable defensive weapon
  • Returned in 1984
  • Viewed as impractical
  • Laser was too bulky was dependent on external
    power source did not generate enough power to be
    effective at extended ranges
  • After Saddam Hussein started using Scuds at US
    troops and its allies in Persian Gulf War,
    concept of air-to-air missile was revitalized
  • Received 1.1 billion contract for development in
    1996
  • Boeing 747-400F
  • Flown to Edwards AFB on December 2002 for
    installments
  • Will be fully operational along with seven other
    aircraft by 2008

4
ABL YAL-1A
5
AirBorne Laser (ABL)
  • Boeing 747-400F
  • Carries
  • COIL Laser
  • Infrared Surveillance
  • High speed target acquisition system
  • High precision laser target tracking beam control
    system
  • Designed to detect and destroy ballistic missiles
    in its boost phase of flight immediately after
    missile is launched
  • Flies at an altitude of 40,000 ft
  • Detection of ballistic missiles
  • First detected by
  • reconnaissance system
  • Data transferred to ABL
  • ABL searches and destroys
  • Able to shoot down 20-40 missiles
  • before having to re-supply
  • hydrogen peroxide

6
ABL LASER SYSTEM
  • Killing Laser Beam / Primary Beam (COIL)
  • Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
  • Hydrogen peroxide, potassium chloride, chlorine
    gas, water
  • Number of times more powerful than ALLs gas
    dynamic laser
  • Much more compact
  • Internal source power
  • Capable of producing lethal beam over long
    distance
  • Operates at infrared wavelength of 1.315 microns
  • Located at rear end of fuselage

7
ABL LASER SYSTEM
  • Tracking Illuminating Laser Beams (TILL)
  • Determines targets range
  • Provies initial information about atmosphere
  • Provides aiming data for primary beam
  • Beacon Illuminating Laser (BILL)
  • Provides data of rapidly changing characteristics
    of the atmosphere along the path of the laser
  • Gives the laser a clear view

8
OPERATION
9
CONCLUSION
  • History
  • ABL
  • ABL
  • Laser
  • System

10
QUESTIONS
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