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Author:

Beason, Doug.

Title:

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

Edition:

1st Da Capo Press ed.

Publisher:

Da Capo Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

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

Subject:

Directed-energy weapons.
Nonlethal weapons--United States.

Notes:

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

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:

9780306814020
9780306814020 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0306814021 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60373453

LCCN:

2005013291

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)