Directed-Energy Weapons Almost Ready for Prime Time
A laser fires from space toward Earth in this artistic rendering.
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate
is conducting research in a wide variety of laser weapons technologies.
Image source: MSNBC / AFRL
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate
is conducting research in a wide variety of laser weapons technologies.
Image source: MSNBC / AFRL
A Space.com article by Leonard David, via MSNBC, reports that:
There is a new breed of weaponry fast approaching — and at the speed of light, no less. They are labeled "directed-energy weapons," and they may well signal a revolution in military hardware — perhaps more so than the atomic bomb.
Directed-energy weapons take the form of lasers, high-powered microwaves and particle beams. Their adoption for ground, air, sea, and space warfare depends not only on using the electromagnetic spectrum, but also upon favorable political and budgetary wavelengths too.
posted by Fergie @ 1/11/2006 12:57:00 PM
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