US Air Force (USAF) and Boeing representatives have used an Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) aircraft to defeat a ground target during a test flight on 30 August.rnThis event marks ATL's first air-to-ground, high-power laser engagement of a "tactically representative" ground target, according to a 1 September announcement from Boeing.rnATL is a Boeing-developed system that integrates a high-energy chemical laser and beam-control system onto a Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules transport aircraft. It is designed to destroy or disable targets on urban battlefields with minimum collateral damaqe.
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