Directed-energy weapon facts for kids

A directed-energy weapon is a weapon used from a distance that damages the target with focused energy. Directed-energy weapons could use lasers, microwaves, or particle beams. Directed-energy weapons can be used against personnel, missiles, vehicles, and optical devices.

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  A sonic directed-energy weapon (LRAD) deployed in a civilian context in the US, 2014. It is mounted on top of the central vehicle.

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  Members of the Directed Energy and Electric Weapon Systems Program Office of the US Navy, fire a laser through a beam director on a Kineto Tracking Mount, controlled by a MK-15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System

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  The LRAD is the round black device on top of the New York City police Hummer.

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  The writer Jürgen Fuchs described decomposition methods as 'an attack on the human soul'. He died of a rare form of leukemia in 1990 which he believed was the result of radiation poisoning. He, and others, suspected he had been targeted with directed X-rays during his imprisonment.

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In Spanish: Arma de energía dirigida para niños