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Where the 747-centric Airborne Laser was built to go after ballistic missiles in the air, Boeing's more modestly proportioned Advanced Tactical Laser aircraft -- a modified C-130 -- was designed to home in on ground targets. The ATL also was equipped with a chemical laser, but the business end of the weapon was that ball turret on the underside of the fuselage.
October 6, 2012 12:00 PM PDT
Photo by: Ed Turner/Boeing
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