This artist's concept depicts the Airborne Laser (ABL) program destroying Scud-type theater ballistic missiles during their launch phase. The Air Force program would mount a chemical laser aboard a modified Boeing 747-400F freighter. The system would generate a laser beam that would be fired at launching missiles from a rotating turret in the nose of the aircraft.The ABL is being designed and developed by a Boeing-led team that include TRW and Lockheed Martin.