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  2. Particle-beam weapon - Wikipedia

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    A particle-beam weapon uses a high-energy beam of atomic or subatomic particles to damage the target by disrupting its atomic and/or 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 particles.

  3. Directed-energy weapon - Wikipedia

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    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. Potential applications of this technology include weapons that target personnel , missiles , vehicles, and optical devices.

  4. Death ray - Wikipedia

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    The death ray or death beam was a theoretical particle beam or electromagnetic weapon first theorized around the 1920s and 1930s. Around that time, notable inventors such as Guglielmo Marconi , [ 1 ] Nikola Tesla , Harry Grindell Matthews , Edwin R. Scott , Erich Graichen [ 2 ] and others claimed to have invented it independently. [ 3 ]

  5. Category:Fictional energy weapons - Wikipedia

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    Particle-beam weapon; Phaser (fictional weapon) Proton pack; R. Raygun; S. Shrink ray; Weapons in Star Trek; Energy sword; T. Tractor beam This page was last ...

  6. Weapons in science fiction - Wikipedia

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    A laser tank weapon in a 1939 edition of Amazing Stories. Arthur C. Clarke envisaged particle beam weapons in his 1955 novel Earthlight, in which energy would be delivered by high-velocity beams of matter. [4] After the invention of the laser in 1960, it briefly became the death ray of choice for science-fiction writers.

  7. Teleforce - Wikipedia

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    Teleforce was mentioned publicly in the New York Sun and The New York Times on July 11, 1934. [9] [10] The press called it a "peace ray" or death ray.[11] [12] The idea of a "death ray" was a misunderstanding in regard to Tesla's term when he referred to his invention as a "death beam" so Tesla went on to explain that "this invention of mine does not contemplate the use of any so-called 'death ...

  8. Particle beam - Wikipedia

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    A particle beam is a stream of charged or neutral particles.In particle accelerators, these particles can move with a velocity close to the speed of light.There is a difference between the creation and control of charged particle beams and neutral particle beams, as only the first type can be manipulated to a sufficient extent by devices based on electromagnetism.

  9. Raygun - Wikipedia

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    particle beams, e.g. protons and/or neutrons from the proton packs in Ghostbusters; plasma, e.g. plasma rifles, Star Wars "Blasters" Alternately, the weapon mechanics can be purely fictional. Fictional ray types include: "Minovsky particles" in the Gundam anime series "Rapid Nadion particles" utilized by the phasers in Star Trek