The YAL-1 Airborne Laser, explained in a Boeing promotional video. (Warning: fairly cheesy.) Apparently they’ve licked the problem of atmospheric distortion by analyzing the return from a tracking laser before firing the high-energy laser.
The YAL-1 Airborne Laser, explained in a Boeing promotional video. (Warning: fairly cheesy.) Apparently they’ve licked the problem of atmospheric distortion by analyzing the return from a tracking laser before firing the high-energy laser.