It is 2009, so I would have expected the Air Force to have laser beams a decade or so ago. I guess it is better late than never, because the Air Force finally successfully used laser beams to hit a ground target from the air.
Source: Military and Aerospace Electronics
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Laser weapons experts from Boeing and the U.S. Air Force defeated a ground target from the air with the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) aircraft Aug. 30 in ATL's first air-to-ground, high power laser engagement of a tactically representative target.
Source: Military and Aerospace Electronics
Image Source: Arcade-History.com
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