May 23, 2022 · The new plasma-controlling weapon was dubbed the Pulsed Impulsive Kill Laser, or PIKL.As only a proof-of-principle device, the “large, heavy, fragile” electron gun to create …

Jul 19, 2019 · The Laser Induced Plasma Effect program is part of the Joint Non-lethal Weapons Directorate ... The laser-induced plasma weapon uses very high-energy lasers at a very short …

Police car equipped with an LRAD-500X sonic weapon (Warsaw, Poland, 2011).. A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy …

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 …

Apr 24, 2024 · The Army's Palletized High Energy Laser, or P-HEL, during testing at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, in April 2022. Based on BlueHalo's LOCUST Laser Weapon …

Mar 7, 2024 · The latest high-power laser weapon under development draws 300 kilowatts of power, enough to power 30 households. And because high-energy lasers are only 50% …

Feb 12, 2019 · This laser fires a series of pulses to rip electrons from the air, creating an invisible and inert ball of plasma—a fourth state of matter made up of ionized gas—near or on the …

An electrolaser is a type of electroshock weapon that is also a directed-energy weapon.It uses lasers to form an electrically conductive laser-induced plasma channel (LIPC). A fraction of a …

Jun 28, 2012 · The Laser-Induced Plasma Channel (LIPC) is designed to hit targets that conduct electricity better than the air or ground that surrounds them. The weapon went through …

Jul 31, 2019 · To accomplish this task, the weapon uses a principle called the Laser Induced Plasma Effect, which involves firing an incredibly powerful laser to create a ball of plasma, …