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Title

The E-bomb : how America's new directed energy weapons will change the way future wars will be fought / Doug Beason.

Author

Beason, Doug.

Publication

Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2005.

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Description

xiii, 256 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.

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."--Jacket.

Subject

• Directed-energy weapons
• Nonlethal weapons > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-242) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Directed energy milestones -- Prelude : a world-changing, disruptive technology -- The promise of directed energy -- What exactly is directed energy? -- The military effectiveness of directed energy -- The problem with directed energy -- The difference between lasers and high-power microwaves -- Prophets of the revolution : high-energy laser weapons -- The Department of Defense wakes up -- Prophets of the revolution : high-power microwaves -- The world's first force field : the Active Denial System -- The birth of the airborne laser -- ABL : the airborne laser -- Making high-energy lasers a global weapon -- Other major DE weapons programs -- The day after tomorrow -- The next generation : fibers, phasing, and terahertz -- This is the end -- Appendix: Types of lasers.

ISBN

0306814021 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

• ^^2005013291
• 9780306814020

OCLC

• 60373453
• SCSB-10278089

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library