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Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Desktop Model Plane
SKU: NC09135
The Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser ABL weapons system is a megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laser COIL mounted inside a modified Boeing 747-400F is now available in a desktop model plane by Mastercraft.
Delivery 7 to 10 days
Product Description
Length: 12.5"
WingSpan: 11"
Code: NC09135
The Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed is primarily designed as a missile defense system to destroy tactical ballistic missiles (TBMs), while in boost phase. Formerly known as Airborne Laser, its weapons system is a megawatt-class chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) mounted inside a modified Boeing 747-400F. The heart of the system is the COIL, comprising six interconnected modules, each as large as an SUV turned on-end. Each module weighs about 6,500 pounds (3,000 kg). When fired, the laser produces enough energy in a five-second burst to power a typical American household for more than an hour.
Boeing completed initial modifications to a new 747-400F off the production line in 2002, culminating in its first flight on July 18, 2002 from Boeing's Wichita, Kansas facility. Ground testing of the COIL resulted in its successful firing in 2004. The YAL-1 was assigned to the 417th Flight Test Squadron Airborne Laser Combined Test Force at Edwards AFB. There was a test launch just off the coast of California on June 6, 2009. If successful the new Airborne Laser Aircraft could be ready for operation by 2013. On August 13, 2009 the first in-flight test of the YAL-1 culminated with a successful firing of the SHEL at an instrumented test missile. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on August 18, 2009 successfully fired the high-energy laser aboard the aircraft in flight for the first time. The YAL-1 took off from Edwards Air Force Base and fired its high-energy laser while flying over the California High Desert. The laser was fired into an onboard calorimeter, which captured the beam and measured its power.
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