High Energy Laser (HEL): Tomorrow's Weapon in Directed Energy Weapons Volume I

by Bahman Zohuri

Book Overview

Directed Energy Weapons is nothing new to mankind, historically the origination of such weapons falls in centuries ago when first time the famous Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer Archimedes of Syracuse used different mirrors to collect sunbeams and focusing them on Roman's fleet in order to destroy enemy ships with fire. This is known as the Archimedes Heat Ray. Archimedes may have used mirrors acting collectively...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149075136X
• ISBN13: 9781490751368
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"