Do Directed Energy Weapons finally live up to their expectations?







Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Sep 23, 2020





Since the mid-1960s few weapons have held as much potential and have constantly failed to live up to that potential as Directed Energy Weapons (DEW). However, since the turn of this century even as most countries have curtailed both their hopes and funding from the highs of decades past, DEWs have gradually and quietly matured. DEWs use the electromagnetic spectrum (light and radio energy) to attack pin-�point targets at the speed of light. They are suitable for defending against threats such as ro ... read more