Directed energy weapons (DEWs) have long occupied a tantalizing niche in the spectrum of military capabilities, existing somewhere between the realms of hard science and the imaginative leaps of science fiction. These weapons, which harness high-energy lasers and high-powered microwaves, offer a promise of futuristic warfare that seems lifted from the pages of a Buck … Leggi tutto Laser Directed Energy Weapons: The Illusion of Defense Against Hypersonic Missiles