CNN The Situation Room April 7, 2015 21:45:00
A long time and they were suddenly faced with the requirement to actually go deploy something. >> a spokesman for the agency says it respect fully disagrees with that characterization but doesnt deny the allegations of failed systems now shelved. among them, a project called the airborne laser, 747s equipped with chemical lasers that would incinerate enemy missiles. that program cost $5.3 billion according to "the l.a. times" but was scrapped because the planes would have had to fly too close to...
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