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Show Hilttopi October Adf 16, 1997 Frc testing laseTCaffjfmg ioeing 747 KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) Pen- Mugu Naval Air will complete tagon officials announced Oct. 1 approval of the Air Force's environmental planning connected with future testing of an Airborne Laser. That approval, in the form of a "Record of Decision," is the last step in the Air Force's Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Airborne Laser. It clears the way for the Air Force to house and test its YAL-1g Attack Laser, a Boeing 747 aircraft, during the Program Definition and Risk Reduction Phase. er A A Under that phase, the prototype aircraft, currently under development, will be based at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. There, the aircraft will complete its integration of the weapon system and undergo ground and flight testing. Also in this risk reduction phase, the aircraft will use the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico for short-rang- e diagnostic testing of the laser under low- - and 1 minor socioeconomic benefit and no significant adverse environmental impacts. The Air Force will continue to consult with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service and further evaluate migratory patterns of various marine mammal and animal species. The Airborne Laser Program Office, a unit of the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles AFB Calif., is managing the program here. A high-power- s. Attack Laser Western Test on the conducting testing Range. This is an area off the California coast in the Pacific Ocean, operated by Vandenberg AFB and Point expanded-are- turret at the front of the aircraft) that will focus the laser's energy on a target. Associated with all this are computerized controls, communications, intelligence and related systems needed to manage and control the YAL-- A Attack Laser. Predicated on successfully completing this phase, a second airborne laser will be built and undergo a series of operational performance testing. Beyond that will come the production phase in which five additional aircraft are projected. During this environmental process, the Air Force examined six locations and conducted hearings with the general public. In a process that took more than two years, officials determined that there would be a a conditions. Included laser, under low- - and high-powwill be a test that will show how well the YAL-1Attack Laser can destroy a theater ballistic missile shortly after being launched. The YAL-- 1 A Attack Laser has been characterized as a revolutionary step forward in defensive systems. The aircraft will carry a chemical oxygen iodine laser missiles shortly after capable of destroying Scud-lik- e launched of miles away. In batfrom hundreds being tle, the aircraft would be over friendly territory, flying at an altitude of around 40,000 feet, looking toward enemy airspace. It would detect an enemy theater ballistic missile shortly after launch as it clears any clouds. The YAL-1would then lock on to the target and use its chemical laser to destroy it. The weapon system includes a modified Boeing 747 freighter aircraft, a weapon's class laser, laser-fue- l laser that can acquire storage tanks, and a laser-carryin- This phase will end with the YAL-1- Warfare Center. There, the aircraft e testing of the weapons-clas- s long-rang- low-pow- A er and track a target and then direct the primary laser on to that target. 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