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Funding for the program was cut in 2010 and the program was canceled in December 2011. It made its final flight on February 14, 2012 to Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona to be prepared and kept in storage at the "Boneyard" by the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group.
Originally posted by CynicalWabbit
reply to post by haven123
A couple of problems with the US destroying the NK missile with an ALS (Airborne Laser System), There is only one prototype plane and it was sent to the boneyard in February, 2012 and in 2010 The Defense Department dropped funding of the project.
Originally posted by IAMTAT
reply to post by CynicalWabbit
I didn't know the airborne laser was sent to the boneyard, however, I really doubt that this was the end result of the program. My guess is that it was an early prototype which was already obsolete.
Originally posted by IAMTAT
reply to post by Hkkoru
Good point about the previous failures...but with the stakes so high on this particular launch, I just wondered if the US could afford to count on a natural failure...perhaps we had the lasers standing by as a failsafe contingency if the missle didn't fail on it's own merits.