Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) is a ranged weapon, which works on energy sources including laser, microwaves and particle beams. DEW damages it's a target with the highly focused energy, using this technology, can target missiles, vehicles, and optical devices.
Directed Energy Weapons (DEW): High-performance Military Weapons of the Future Space Warfare
Directed-energy weapons (DEW) is a ranged weapon, which works on energy sources including laser, microwaves and particle beams. DEW damages it's a target with the highly focused energy, using this technology, can target missiles, vehicles, and optical devices.
Iran and Turkey have active directed-energy weapons, and the first usage of these weapons in combat was claimed to happen in August 2019 in Libya by Turkey, using ALKA Directed-energy weapon.
Russia, China, India, and the United Kingdom are also developing future directed-energy weapons.
This upcoming technology weapons are still at the experimental stage even after decades of research and development. This highly targeted energy weapons may lead future combats, they may become high-performance military weapons of the future.
Advantages of Directed-energy weapons (DEW)
Directed-energy weapons have many advantages comparing to conventional weapons.
- Directed-energy weapons can be used more accurately.
- Lasers beams can travel infinite range and speed of light, which can be used to destroy satellites on the space.
- Laser weapons save ammunition supply.
- Directed-energy weapons will be cheaper than conventional weapons.
- Directed-energy weapons are suitable for use in space warfare.
Types of Directed-energy weapons (DEW)
Microwave weapons
Microwaves can be weaponized, which can cause cellular damage as they excite and heat molecules and heat molecules.Laser weapons
The laser weapon is a directed-energy weapon or high-performance military weapons, based on lasers. Development of these weapons is still at the experimental stage.Particle-beam weapons
A particle-beam weapon is a type of directed-energy weapon, uses a high-energy beam of atomic or subatomic particles to damage its target by disrupting it's atomic and/or molecular structure.Sonic weapons
Sonic weapons or ultrasonic weapons (USW) are various types of directed-energy weapons, that use sound to injure or kill an opponent.Directed Energy Weapons | Microwave weapons | Laser weapons | Particle-beam weapons | Sonic weapons
