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Author Beason, Doug
Title The E-bomb : how America's new directed energy weapons will change the way future wars will be fought / Doug Beason
Published Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2005

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 Murray Library-4th Floor  UG486.5 .B4345 2005    IN LIBRARY
Table of Contents
 Prelude : a world-changing, disruptive technology1
1The promise of directed energy9
2What exactly is directed energy?21
3The military effectiveness of directed energy31
4The problem with directed energy39
5The difference between lasers and high-power microwaves51
6Prophets of the revolution : high-energy laser weapons59
7The department of defense wakes up79
8Prophets of the revolution : high-power microwaves95
9The world's first force field : the active denial system113
10The birth of the airborne laser127
11ABL : the airborne laser143
12Making high-energy lasers a global weapon161
13Other major DE weapons programs171
14The day after tomorrow179
15The next generation : fibers, phasing, and terahertz197
16This is the end213
AppTypes of lasers217
Description xiii, 256 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject Directed-energy weapons
Nonlethal weapons -- United States
Summary "Light-emitting weapons seem to be the stuff of science fiction - Flash Gordon's ray gun, Captain Kirk's phaser, Darth Vader's light saber. But the imagined future of science fiction is soon to be a reality. After more than two decades of research, the United States is on the verge of deploying a new generation of weapons that discharge light-wave energy, the same spectrum of energy found in your microwave or TV remote control. It's called directed energy. And it's a revolution in weaponry, perhaps more profound than the atomic bomb." "In The E-Bomb, Doug Beason, a leading expert in directed energy research, describes these new weapons in clear and jargon-free prose and answers the questions that all Americans will ask."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-242) and index
Edition 1st Da Capo Press ed
ISBN 0306814021 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN/ISSN 9780306814020
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