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05.12.08

Missile-Proofing Runways

Homeland Security eyes high-power lasers for protecting commercial flights. Click inside for video

By Stephen Handelman Posted 12.05.2006 at 3:00 am 0 Comments

Sounds too futuristic to be true? See below for a video of the Skyguard system taking out mortar rounds, artillery shells and rockets

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