The ABL would have also needed dozens of jets flying over the aggressor launching ICBMs to even start to fulfill its mission. To provide enough areal coverage a

The ABL would have also needed dozens of jets flying over the aggressor launching ICBMs to even start to fulfill its mission. To provide enough areal coverage and killing shots several dozen if not a hundred would be needed. The ABL likely developed a lot of cool and still classified technology but it was itself unlikely to ever be a practical system.