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

• Main Author: Beason, Doug, 1953- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2005
• Edition: First Da Capo Press edition
• Subjects: zbraně se směrovanou energií; zbraně; elektromagnetické vlny; elektromagnetické záření; laserová technika; lasery; nesmrtící zbraně; directed energy weapons; weapons; electromagnetic waves; electromagnetic radiation; laser technology; lasers; non-lethal weapons; populárně-naučné publikace; popular works
• ISBN: 0306814021 978-0-306-81402-0; 0-306-81506-0 978-0-306-81506-5
• Physical Description: xiii, 256 stran : ilustrace ; 24 cm

Table of 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