Effects of directed energy weapons / Philip E. Nielsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nielsen, Philip E., 1944-

Contributor:

National Defense University Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Directed-energy weapons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 347 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : [NDU Press], [1994]

Summary:

Effects of Directed Energy Weapons is an encyclopedic treatment of how Directed Energy Weapons work, how the energy of these weapons is propagated to the target, and how the weapon/beam-target interaction creates effects (damage) in the target. This is a technical exposition, written at the undergraduate physics and engineering level that could serve either as a text book or as a reference text for technical practitioners. The text addresses Kinetic Energy Weapons in addition to Lasers, Microwaves and Particle Beams.

Notes:

Online resource; title from title screen (viewed September 9, 2003).

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

52995356