https://www.mda.mil/news/gallery_altb.html
AIRBORNE LASER TEST BED (ALTB)
Towards the ultimate goal of developing a boost-phase intercept capability for the Ballistic Missile Defense System, the MDA used the Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) for laser research and development. Using two solid state lasers and a megawatt-class Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser housed aboard a modified Boeing 747-400 aircraft, it used directed energy to negate threat ballistic missiles. Following the completion of 2011 experiments, the ALTB was then used as a national test platform for testing directed energy technologies for the Department of Defense in coordination with the Director of Defense Research and Engineering.
Laser ray = direct energy weapons (DEWS)
AIRBORNE LASER TEST BED (ALTB)
Towards the ultimate goal of developing a boost-phase intercept capability for the Ballistic Missile Defense System, the MDA used the Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) for laser research and development. Using two solid state lasers and a megawatt-class Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser housed aboard a modified Boeing 747-400 aircraft, it used directed energy to negate threat ballistic missiles. Following the completion of 2011 experiments, the ALTB was then used as a national test platform for testing directed energy technologies for the Department of Defense in coordination with the Director of Defense Research and Engineering.
Laser ray = direct energy weapons (DEWS)
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Diamond_Mines_Regional_Preserve
The Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve is a 6,000-acre (2,400 ha) park located north of Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County, California under the administration of the East Bay Regional Park District(EBRPD). The district acquired the property in 1973. The preserve contains relics of 3 mining towns, former coal and sand mines, and offers guided tours of a former sand mine. The 60 miles (97 km) of trails in the Preserve cross rolling foothill terrain covered with grassland, California oak woodland, California mixed evergreen forest, and chaparral.
The Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve is a 6,000-acre (2,400 ha) park located north of Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County, California under the administration of the East Bay Regional Park District(EBRPD). The district acquired the property in 1973. The preserve contains relics of 3 mining towns, former coal and sand mines, and offers guided tours of a former sand mine. The 60 miles (97 km) of trails in the Preserve cross rolling foothill terrain covered with grassland, California oak woodland, California mixed evergreen forest, and chaparral.
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