Directed Energy WEapons

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View In: Directed Energy WEaponsRussia’s Planned Ptitselov Vehicle Would Shoot Down Aircraft Using Ultra-Fast Laser-Guided Missiles – Had the Cold War turned hot in the 1980s, one of the greatest threats to the Soviet Union’s formidable mechanized divisions would have come from NATO airpower, particularly Apache helicopters and A-1...

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View In: Directed Energy WEaponsWhy is China Firing Lasers at airplanes? The Australian Defense Department said that a Chinese navy ship directed a laser at one of its surveillance aircraft, putting the lives of the crew in danger. A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), P-8A Poseidon plane was hit by a military-grade laser illuminatin...

View In: Directed Energy WEaponsMANAMA, Bahrain - Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) conducted a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration, Dec. 14, while sailing in the Gulf of Aden.

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View In: Directed Energy WEaponsWhy the US Military Wants Directed Energy Weapons – A New Missile Defense Technology? – The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is contending that directed energy technologies or weapons—or DE—could be tapped into by the U.S. military in the near future. Titled Directed Energy Futures 2060, the eye-openin...

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View In: Directed Energy WEaponsDirected-Energy Weapons, Explained in 3 Minutes: The concept of a “directed-energy weapon” is one that was conceived by science fiction writers such as H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, but it was in the 1930s that British Air Ministry considered whether a “death ray”-type weapon could be developed. Wor...