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An NYPD officer stands ready with the LRAD 500X at an Occupy Wall Street protest on November 17, 2011 near the city hall.. Extremely high-power sound waves can disrupt or destroy the eardrums of a target and cause severe pain or disorientation.
Electromagnetic warfare or electronic warfare [1] (EW) is warfare involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum (EM spectrum) or directed energy to control the spectrum, attack an enemy, or impede enemy operations.
Artist's rendition of short and long range AA systems used by the Dutch Joint Ground-based Air Defence Command. Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare [1] and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action". [2]
On October 22, 2012, Boeing announced a successful test of the missile. [3] CHAMP disabled seven different targets before self-destructing over empty desert. [4] [5]The U.S. Air Force expected to have technology for a steerable counter-electronics weapon “available” in 2016, when a multi-shot, multi-target, high-power microwave (HPM) package would be tested aboard an AGM-86 ALCM.
Nanotechnology in warfare is a branch of nano-science in which molecular systems are designed, produced and created to fit a nano-scale (1-100 nm). [1] The application of such technology, specifically in the area of warfare and defence, has paved the way for future research in the context of weaponisation.
A laser weapon [2] is a type of directed-energy weapon that uses lasers to inflict damage. Whether they will be deployed as practical, high-performance military weapons remains to be seen. Whether they will be deployed as practical, high-performance military weapons remains to be seen.
An anti-submarine weapon (ASW) is any one of a number of devices that are intended to act against a submarine and its crew, to destroy (sink) the vessel or reduce its capability as a weapon of war. In its simplest sense, an anti-submarine weapon is usually a projectile , missile or bomb that is optimized to destroy submarines .
Guns, Germs, and Steel was first published by W. W. Norton in March 1997. It was published in Great Britain with the title Guns, Germs, and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years by Vintage in 1998. [38] It was a selection of Book of the Month Club, History Book Club, Quality Paperback Book Club, and Newbridge Book Club. [39]