Talk:Boeing YAL-1/Archive 1

Archive 1

LEO ASAT?

Hmm. Anyone have any insight as to whether this would make a good LEO ASAT weapon? -Joseph 04:58, 2004 Sep 3 (UTC)

In this analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists, the ABL is thought to have significant capability against low earth orbit satellites: [1] Joema 15:22, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Page name?

Isn't it the policy to lowercase the title unless it's a proper noun? Is "airborne laser" a proper noun? Avriette 07:52, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

In general, you're right. Name should usually be lower case except for 1st letter, unless proper noun. However in this case Boeing always refers to Airborne Laser with each word capitalized. IOW they deem it a proper noun. Therefore the page name as currently phrased is correct. Joema 19:00, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

From Russia with love.

The chemical power source of the B-747's laser gun was purchased from the former USSR, it is NOT an american invention! 195.70.32.136 10:45, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

All references I've seen state the Chemical oxygen iodine laser was invented at Phillips Laboratory (now called the Air Force Research Laboratory) in 1977. If you have authoritative references stating differently, list them here and we can discuss it. Joema 14:46, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, yes, chumski. And beavers the size of bears, hmm? -Toptomcat 20:44, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

No, no. The YAL-1 is powered by ballotechnical generators, essentially a big armoured tank vessel with a good chunk of explosive suspended in the middle, wrapped in copper coils. When it explodes, the coils expand or compress for a split of a second before being torn to shreds and up to 2 million amperes will be generated for a hundredth of a second or so. This is what makes the laser flash. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.131.210.162 (talk • contribs)

Which "armoured tank"? A T-72 or T-80? - BillCJ 17:35, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, yeah, whatever. Russians built and gave up on DEW aircraft two decades before B-YAL-1 with the A/B-A-60. The fact is, Russian Federation doesn't have airborne DEW installations anymore, only ground based. 99.236.221.124 (talk) 03:30, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Tested Against North Korea?

I honestly believe, that one or two of these planes, fully operational, or in an operational test, orbiting over the sea of Japan are the real reason for the poor performance of the missiles in the North Korean missile test, 2006.

It is my belief that this was not only an opportunity to get Japanese leadership to invest in the program, but to goad Kim Jong-il into his 2006 North Korean nuclear test.

The purpose could be politically or economically motivated, your choice. B4Ctom1 22:12, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Find a source or leave it out. — ceejayoz ^talk 03:46, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Don't be absurd...the laser (specifically the COIL, the actual weapon laser) isn't even installed in the airframe yet! Akradecki 01:00, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah but there is a CO2 laser built in, and the CO2 band works fine against steel (NK missiles weren't made of aluminium)99.236.221.124 (talk) 03:32, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

ABL conceptual artwork

Concerning restoring the conceptual artwork, encyclopedias commonly use such to depict under-development items. For example the Boeing 787 article has several artist's renderings. This is simply standard practice and helps the reader visualize what the item looks like or how it will operate. Joema 17:11, 31 January 2007 (UTC)