Posted on 02/20/2024 9:53:43 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
Most Americans are familiar with nuclear weapons; it is not necessary for the news to constantly explain what a nuclear weapon is or its dangers.
But there is another type of weapon that might be even more of a threat than nuclear weapons, which is unfortunately less known about, and, due to comedic representations of the technologies in movies and the tabloidization and general untrustworthiness of mainstream media, is going to require a significant effort to educate others about.
The type of technology is sometimes described as “Directed Energy,” “Directed Energy Weapons,” and “Directed Energy Systems.” It is worth providing multiple descriptions of Directed Energy and the weapons and systems which use directed energy. Directed energy (DE) is an
umbrella term covering technologies that produce a beam of concentrated electromagnetic energy or atomic or subatomic particles. A DE weapon is a system using DE primarily as a direct means to disable, damage or destroy adversary equipment, facilities, and personnel. DE warfare is military action involving the use of DE weapons, devices, and countermeasures to either cause direct damage or destruction of adversary equipment, facilities, and personnel, or to determine, exploit, reduce, or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) through damage, destruction, and disruption.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
that translation was a bit odd and I’ll leave it at that.
cooler looking, but I’ll still take the phaser rifle
Robert L. Kinney III holds a doctorate in pharmacy from Purdue University and an M.A. in philosophy with a concentration in bioethics from Franciscan University of Steubenville.
From the article:
. Many people in society cannot hold a serious thought for more than a few seconds.
I count the author among those many people. The article clearly shows that he's very good at regurgitating disconnected facts that he does not understand, and of which he consequently suffers irrational fear.
Sorry buddy, just what you see.
This stuff has been going on for decades of research.
And the bad news is, people, Russia leads in this, too, with superior technology that actually matters. Not moving invisible bytes around.
Look up Semipalatinsk.
Is my 7 mag not a ‘directed energy thingie?’
I thought those theories were all wet.
B5’s PPG weapons I’d like as well.
That's the vibe I got from the article, too: no details, no analysis, just an overall "are we oblivious to this threat?" feel... which is probably the level of depth that a pharmacist would be writing about.
All that said: this is an emerging technology area and of all countries, I'd definitely watch China and Russia on their efforts in this direction. Among other reasons, they are probably the most likely to actually test their ideas on live targets. The author is right that these things should not be ignored.
I need to go back and watch that series.
I've always wondered about the advantage to a phaser rifle. The only thing I can think of is a larger battery/power supply.
I can see no use for a longer "barrel" in a light energy weapon.
Roku has it.
I watch a few episodes every now and then.
The writing and story arcs are what really made B5 stand out to me.
Read the JMS autobiography:Talk about an unbelievable and dysfunctional upbringing he had.
Sounds similar to Havana Syndrome.
Many residents of Lahina-town are familiar with these weapons
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Those that survived DEW weapons, that is. Also... Check in with residents of Paradise, CA. They’ll tell you.
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I always thought they brought the shadow war storyline in to early. After that was done, it just didn’t seem to be as good.
other than to make it very distinct from the type 1 and type 2. If we break out the phaser rifle, we mean business.
Have to get one of those sound or heat weapon systems the police use which makes you feel like you are on fire or throwing up and bring it to the next anti-American rally. Let that off the chain and watch a couple of thousand leftist puke on each other.
put them at the boarder
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