5 Secret We@pons Of The US (No One Knows About) - Page 2
1. Directed Energy Weapons
The Greek mathematician Archimedes may have made history over 2,000 years ago as
the first person to ever use a directed energy weapon. According to a
mysterious legend, during the Roman invasion of Syracuse, Archimedes rapidly
constructed a hexagonal mirror when the Roman admiral Marcellus moved his ships
out of the range of bowshot.
Archimedes was apparently able to
capture the energy of the Sun and reflect it onto the ships, setting them
ablaze and causing them to sink within minutes.[1] MIT students were able to recreate this effect
in 2005 but noted that their mirror was only capable of effectively burning a
stationary target.
Though scientific
knowledge has advanced a great deal since the days of Archimedes, the
underlying theoretical principles of directed energy weapon (DEW) technology
remain the same. A DEW inflicts damage from a distance by firing an intensely
concentrated beam of energy toward a target.
Different types of DEWs fire different types of energy, but the most popularized form of directed energy weapon in use today is the high energy laser (HEL). These DEWs are just like the lasers seen in science fiction movies. They fire a soundless beam of energy, invisible at certain frequencies, that can incinerate a target from hundreds of miles away.
HELs have been
developed by contractors like Lockheed Martin for use in missile defense and
space war, but some believe that these weapons might have been designed with
much more sinister purposes in mind.
During the Thomas
Fire that ravaged California in December 2017, many witnesses and researchers
noted property damage that seemingly defied every preconceived notion of how a
wildfire should behave. Though wildfires use foliage to spread, entire blocks
of houses burned to the ground while the surrounding trees remained untouched.
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