EDITOR'S NOTES: Directed Energy Weapons: Here Now? Or 5 Years Off?
2/29/2024
By Stew Magnuson
Depending on who you ask, directed energy weapons are either “here and now” or still not ready for prime time.
Their potential as a weapon of war has been touted since the science fiction character Buck Rogers showed up in newspaper comics in 1929 carrying an atomic pistol.
But almost 100 years later, soldiers still can’t say, “Set phasers on stun!”
Directed energy weapons come in two categories: high-energy lasers and high-powered microwaves.
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