Beam Weapons

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Beam Weapons describes the technology and uses of high-energy laser and particle-beam weapons both on the battlefield and in strategic defense against nuclear attack. Technical issues covered include high-energy lasers, particle beams, X-ray lasers, microwaves, pointing and tracking systems, beam delivery, reliability, and atmospheric effect on beams.

Potential missions covered include missile defense, antisatellite weapons, aircraft use, and battlefield weapons. This book also covers the Reagan Administration's "Star Wars" program, prospects for development of practical beam weapons, and their implications for military strategy and global policy.

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Overview

Beam Weapons describes the technology and uses of high-energy laser and particle-beam weapons both on the battlefield and in strategic defense against nuclear attack. Technical issues covered include high-energy lasers, particle beams, X-ray lasers, microwaves, pointing and tracking systems, beam delivery, reliability, and atmospheric effect on beams.

Potential missions covered include missile defense, antisatellite weapons, aircraft use, and battlefield weapons. This book also covers the Reagan Administration's "Star Wars" program, prospects for development of practical beam weapons, and their implications for military strategy and global policy.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780595094509
  • Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 5/1/2000
  • Pages: 380
  • Product dimensions: 0.85 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 9.00 (d)

Table of Contents

1 An Introduction to Beam Weaponry 1
2 Turning Fiction into Fact: An Outline of History 15
3 Beam Weapon Mythology 39
4 High-Energy Laser Technology 53
5 Hitting the Target: Beam and Fire Control 85
6 The Strange Saga of the X-Ray Laser 115
7 Particle-Beam Technology 141
8 High-Power Microwaves: The Zapping of Hardware 161
9 Countermeasures, Counter-Countermeasures, Ad Infinitum 175
10 The Modern Military: High-Technology Warfare 195
11 Defense Against Nuclear Attack 213
12 Antisatellite Weapons 243
13 Battlefield Beam Weapons 265
14 A Revolution in Defense Strategy 295
15 Beams on the Battlefield: A New Generation of Tactical Weapons 317
16 Beam Weapons and Strategic Arms Control 325
17 Conclusion: Where Are Beam Weapons Going? 335
Appendix 353
Index 355

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