War at the Speed of Light explores the revolutionary role of directed-energy weapons in warfare and their threat to disrupting the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction.
War at the Speed of Light explores the revolutionary role of directed-energy weapons in warfare and their threat to disrupting the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction.
Louis A. Del Monte is the CEO of Del Monte and Associates and has more than thirty years of experience in physics, technology, and engineering. His technological developments are used by Honeywell, IBM, Samsung, and the U.S. Department of Defense. He is the author of Nanoweapons: A Growing Threat to Humanity (Potomac, 2017).
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. The Game of Cat and Mouse 1. Tilting the Balance of Terror 2. The Quest for Global Dominance Using Conventional Weapons 3. The Coming Fourth U.S. Offset Strategy Part 2. Directed-Energy Weapons 4. Laser Weapons 5. Microwave Weapons 6. EMP Weapons 7. Cyberspace Weapons Part 3. “Shields Up, Mr. Sulu” 8. Directed-Energy Countermeasures 9. Force Fields Part 4. The Coming New Reality 10. Autonomous Directed-Energy Weapons 11. The Full-Scale Weaponization of Space 12. Not Gambling with the Fate of Humanity Appendix A: U.S. and Chinese Defense Budgets Adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity and Labor Costs Appendix B: The Design and Operation of a Laser Appendix C: Radiation-Hardened Electronics and System Shielding Resources Appendix D: Articles Describing the Operation of Nonnuclear EMP Devices Notes Index
List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. The Game of Cat and Mouse 1. Tilting the Balance of Terror 2. The Quest for Global Dominance Using Conventional Weapons 3. The Coming Fourth U.S. Offset Strategy Part 2. Directed-Energy Weapons 4. Laser Weapons 5. Microwave Weapons 6. EMP Weapons 7. Cyberspace Weapons Part 3. “Shields Up, Mr. Sulu” 8. Directed-Energy Countermeasures 9. Force Fields Part 4. The Coming New Reality 10. Autonomous Directed-Energy Weapons 11. The Full-Scale Weaponization of Space 12. Not Gambling with the Fate of Humanity Appendix A: U.S. and Chinese Defense Budgets Adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity and Labor Costs Appendix B: The Design and Operation of a Laser Appendix C: Radiation-Hardened Electronics and System Shielding Resources Appendix D: Articles Describing the Operation of Nonnuclear EMP Devices Notes Index
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