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Directed-energy weapon. Police car equipped with an LRAD -500X sonic weapon (Warsaw, Poland, 2011). A directed-energy weapon ( DEW) is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves, particle beams, and sound beams.
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 Security Equipment International (DSEI) conference in London and is being developed by UK DragonFire, a collaboration consisting of MBDA UK, Leonardo UK, QinetiQ and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). [1]
A laser weapon [2] is a type of directed-energy weapon that uses lasers to inflict damage. Whether they will be deployed as practical, high-performance military weapons remains to be seen. [3] [4] One of the major issues with laser weapons is atmospheric thermal blooming, which is still largely unsolved.
MIRACL, or Mid-Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser, is a directed energy weapon developed by the US Navy. It is a deuterium fluoride laser, a type of chemical laser . The MIRACL laser first became operational in 1980. [ 1] It can produce over a megawatt of output for up to 70 seconds, [ 2] making it the most powerful continuous wave (CW) laser in ...
The Raytheon high-energy laser weapon system. (Raytheon UK/SWNS) The 15-kilowatt laser system offers a nearly infinite number of shots and precision accuracy, while also being resistant to extreme ...
Active Denial System. The Active Denial System ( ADS) is a non-lethal directed-energy weapon developed by the U.S. military, [2] designed for area denial, perimeter security and crowd control. [3] Informally, the weapon is also called the heat ray [4] since it works by heating the surface of targets, such as the skin of targeted human beings.
Britain this week showed off a new laser weapon that the military says could deliver lethal missile or aircraft defense at around $13 a shot, potentially saving tens of millions of dollars over ...
The personnel halting and stimulation response rifle ( PHASR) is a prototype non-lethal laser dazzler developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate, U.S. Department of Defense. [ 1] Its purpose is to temporarily disorient and blind a target. Blinding laser weapons have been tested in the past, but were banned ...