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A BQM-74E drone launches from the flight deck of the
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A BQM-34A target drone noses over as it starts for the water, out of control, following engagement by a laser beam from the Air Force Airborne Laser Laboratory. There is damage to the right rear quarter of the drone
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Base: PAC Missile Test Ctr, Point Mugu
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
26/09/1973
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