A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves...
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The Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon (RFDEW) is a British directed-energy weapon and electronic warfare (EW) system currently under development for...
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A laser weapon is a type of directed-energy weapon that uses lasers to inflict damage. Whether they will be deployed as practical, high-performance military...
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Look up energy weapon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Energy weapon may refer to: Directed-energy weapon, a real-life energy weapon used in the military...
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DragonFire is a British laser directed-energy weapon (LDEW). It was first unveiled to the public as a technology demonstrator in 2017 at the Defence and...
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High-power Operational Responder (THOR) is a high-power microwave directed energy weapon developed by the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)...
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for the U.S. Navy's Directed Energy and Electric Weapon Systems (DE&EWS) program. The May 24, 2010 NSWC test used a close-in weapon control system to enable...
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The ALKA directed-energy weapon (DEW) system is a Turkish dual electromagnetic/laser weapon developed by Roketsan. It was first unveiled at the 2019 IDEF...
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even gas) and a directed-energy weapon (which does not involve any tangible projectile) are also ranged weapons. In contrast, a weapon intended to be used...
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molecular structure. A particle-beam weapon is a type of space-based directed-energy weapon, which directs focused energy toward a target using atomic scale...
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handheld laser weapon designed by the PRC. Richard D. Fisher, Jr. (February 23, 2017). "China's Progress with Directed Energy Weapons" (PDF). p. 8. A...
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II version. A dazzler is a directed-energy weapon intended to temporarily blind or disorient its target with intense directed radiation. Targets can include...
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Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base to develop an air-launched directed-energy weapon capable of incapacitating...
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MARAUDER (redirect from Magnetically Accelerated Ring to Achieve Ultra-high Directed Energy and Radiation)
could scramble electronics.[full citation needed] Casaba-Howitzer Directed-energy weapon Nuclear pumped laser Plasma-powered cannon Sovinec, C. R. (1990)...
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Electromagnetic weapon may refer to: Electromagnetic pulse (EMP), a natural or man-made transient electromagnetic disturbance Directed-energy weapon (DEW), a...
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Precision Airborne Standoff Directed Energy Weapon. The Precision Airborne Standoff Directed Energy Weapon was a weapons system described in unclassified...
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Iron Beam (category Proposed weapons of Israel)
Or, lit. 'קרן ברזל'), officially מגן אור, Shield of Light is a directed-energy weapon air defense system unveiled at the Singapore Airshow on February...
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Raytheon Phaser (redirect from Phaser (microwave weapon))
The Raytheon Phaser is a directed-energy weapon developed by Raytheon Technologies that uses high-power microwave electromagnetic radiation to destroy...
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Sonic and ultrasonic weapons (USW) are weapons of various types that use sound to injure or incapacitate an opponent. Some sonic weapons make a focused beam...
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Raygun (redirect from Stunner (weapon))
A raygun is a science-fiction directed-energy weapon usually with destructive effect. They have various names: ray gun, death ray, beam gun, blaster, laser...
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Space warfare (section Directed-energy weapons)
far harder. And, though not a problem for orbital kinetic weapons, any directed energy weapon would need huge amounts of electricity. So far the most practical...
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The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) is a 60 kW+ high energy laser designed to intercept aerial threats such...
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The following is a list of weapons shown in the Star Wars universe. Directed-energy weapons (DEW) figure prominently in the Star Wars franchise, with the...
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Zenith Star (category Directed-energy weapons)
was a Directed-energy weapon that started development as part of the US Strategic Defense Initiative. It included the Alpha laser, a high energy hydrogen...
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Active Denial System (redirect from Sheriff (weapon))
non-lethal directed-energy weapon developed by the U.S. military, designed for area denial, perimeter security and crowd control. Informally, the weapon is also...
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Epirus Leonidas (category Directed-energy weapons)
to expend more expensive interceptors. Leonidas is designed as a directed energy weapon that fires electromagnetic pulse (EMP) beams to disable electronics...
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ASAT program of China (section Directed-energy weapons)
progress on the development of three ASAT capable Systems: direct fire, directed-energy weapon, and microsatellites. Tests of these systems have either...
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Plasma weapon, a type of directed-energy weapon that fires a beam, bolt, or stream of plasma Plasma torch, a device for generating a directed flow of...
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dictionary. Phaser may refer to: Raytheon Phaser, a directed-energy weapon Phaser (fictional weapon), a gun in the Star Trek universe Phaser (effect),...
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The Tactical High-Energy Laser, or THEL, was a laser developed for military use, also known as the Nautilus laser system. The mobile version is the Mobile...
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