We can showcase & discuss all the DEW R&D around the world here.
Nuke is considered a deterent but it will result in MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) & ruin the entire planet for decades to centuries if used.
DEW might become ultimate deterent & supplement SAMs, AAMs, AGMs. It might compel to reduce size of forces, or at least humans in forces.
Every weapon has +/- points.
> Kinetic unpowered weapons like bullets, shells, etc or Kinetic powered weapons like rockets, missles, etc can be short to long range, can be guided in non line of sight mode. Sometimes the kinetic energy is enough to disable or destroy target. at other times additional explosive, thermal, etc kind of effects are needed.
> But they take time to reach target, can be deviated by strong wind & under constant effect of gravity in unpowered state, need precise projectile calculations. Unpowered bulletes & shells are reltively easier & cheaper to produce. Guided weapons are costlier.
LASER was invented in 1960 & since then it has been massively researched. Since then people imagined laser guns, tanks, jets, satellites, etc both in Sci-Fi movies & for future military.
MASER & Particle beams were also researched.
> Radiation travels at speed of light & reaches target instantly. Depending upon type, power from KW to MW, it can be short to long range & used against soft to hard targets.
> But the platform setup is usually big, R&D cost is also big, it requires line of sight. Hard, big target requires very high power to disable or destroy. It takes time to basically heat, punture, break the target. R&D is still going on to make it compact, cheaper. At long ranges & higher altitudes the air molecules scatter & diffract the ray requiring higher power to compensate.
Nuke is considered a deterent but it will result in MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) & ruin the entire planet for decades to centuries if used.
DEW might become ultimate deterent & supplement SAMs, AAMs, AGMs. It might compel to reduce size of forces, or at least humans in forces.
Every weapon has +/- points.
> Kinetic unpowered weapons like bullets, shells, etc or Kinetic powered weapons like rockets, missles, etc can be short to long range, can be guided in non line of sight mode. Sometimes the kinetic energy is enough to disable or destroy target. at other times additional explosive, thermal, etc kind of effects are needed.
> But they take time to reach target, can be deviated by strong wind & under constant effect of gravity in unpowered state, need precise projectile calculations. Unpowered bulletes & shells are reltively easier & cheaper to produce. Guided weapons are costlier.
LASER was invented in 1960 & since then it has been massively researched. Since then people imagined laser guns, tanks, jets, satellites, etc both in Sci-Fi movies & for future military.
MASER & Particle beams were also researched.
> Radiation travels at speed of light & reaches target instantly. Depending upon type, power from KW to MW, it can be short to long range & used against soft to hard targets.
> But the platform setup is usually big, R&D cost is also big, it requires line of sight. Hard, big target requires very high power to disable or destroy. It takes time to basically heat, punture, break the target. R&D is still going on to make it compact, cheaper. At long ranges & higher altitudes the air molecules scatter & diffract the ray requiring higher power to compensate.
