The Airborne Laser Turret, the jumbo-jet-mounted chemical laser weapon designed to knock hostile missiles out of the air in mid-flight.
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WHAT’S UP, DOCK The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on 22 Dec 2009, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer; along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. (Photo: NASA)
