Passed the first tests of anti-missile laser of the USA successfully. A company Northrop conducted the surface tests of the battle laser setting on the base of Air Arms of the USA in Edvardse. This setting is intended for editing on the specialized airplanes. A laser was developed for the defeat of ballistic rockets of middle distance with nuclear and by other military loads. Distance of action of setting is a 320 km Tests passed on earth, setting was mounted on the model of airplane, and tests passed the stake of second, on so much included this laser, but it was enough for confirmation of capacity of laser. Name of project Airborne Laser, this project was developed from 1996. For basis of airplane-transmitter Boeing took 747-400F, a company Northrop Grumman was responsible for development of the laser setting. A cost of project of privysila is 5 milliards of dollars of the USA.
      Because sizes and carrying capacity of airplane are limited by массо-overall descriptions of laser, it was decided to utillize a laser with the chemical iodine-oxygen pumping. A laser is radiated by a ray with a wave-length 1,315 mkm. Such ray well passes through a cloudiness. A laser is warmed up by the fuel tank of rocket to the high temperature, that results in his explosion. A spectrum of radiation is out of visible part.