US Army details its directed energy weapon ambitions
By
Colton Jones
Sep 27, 2022
Modified date: 23 mins ago
The U.S. Army has provided fresh details on the status of its directed energy weapon project.
The DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center noted in a release that the Army is not building the Death Star.
Contrary to what is in the movies, directed energy does not emit a large red laser, nor does it make a loud noise, and if done right, the target will simply fall out of the sky, not explode in brilliant shards of light, set to a John Williams score.
But that is not to say that directed energy is not making remarkable strides in record time. Take Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense, or DE M-SHORAD. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center and the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office have joined with industry partners to build the next generation laser weapon. And they did it in less than two years.
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