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Parent topics
- Laser [r]: Device that produces a very narrow, highly concentrated beam of coherent light, using the principle of amplification of electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation. [e]
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- ABL-1 (airborne laser) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Laser Avenger [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tactical High Energy Laser [r]: Add brief definition or description
- W71 (nuclear weapon) [r]: A 5MT anti-ballistic missile warhead of the early 1970s, intended to destroy targets in space with bursts of X-rays and a precursor of future directed energy weapons [e]
- Electromagnetic pulse [r]: An intense burst of electromagnetic (EM) energy caused by an abrupt, rapid acceleration of charged particles, usually electrons. [e]
- Laser designator [r]: A device that puts a distinctive, usually invisible, pattern of laser energy on an object, for purposes such as designating the target of a laser-guided bomb [e]
- Anti-ballistic missile [r]: A guided missile that is capable of destroying a ballistic missile, usually by "hit-to-kill" physical collision during boost phase, midcourse, or terminal phase of the target's trajectory [e]
- Ballistic missile defense [r]: A combination of sensors, command and control systems, and missile/warhead kill mechanisms that protect a region, or, in the case of the U.S., theaters of operations as well as the nation proper. [e]