The YAL-1A is a converted Boeing 747 created by the Missile Defense Agency and outfitted with a chemical oxygen iodine laser. WSJ's Nathan Hodge reports.
The Boeing 747-400 wide-body airliner has been around ... Mojave as a platform from where to release the Talon-A hypersonic aircraft. The Talon has been in the news for some time now, not in ...