Going Ballistic!

The American military has been working since 1996 on a tricked-out 747 that could blast ballistic missiles out of the sky with a ultra-powerful laser. After 14 years of promising “the American people their first light saber,” the Missile Defense Agency finally pulled it off Thursday night at 8:44 p.m. Read More here and here

Video: A laser shoots down a Scud-like ballistic missile, launched from an at-sea mobile platform near the Point Mugu Naval Air Warfare Center, off of the central California coast. (courtesy US Military)

Me: Those old Sci-Fi movies are taking a long time getting into reality!