From Janes Defense News:
Navy directed-energy programme moves on
The US armed forces' vision of fielding lasers that can shoot down missiles,
microwaves that squirt pulses of energy to disable enemy electronics and guns
that fire projectiles huge distances using electro-magnetic (EM) forces is
moving closer to reality, according to the US Navy's manager for directed
energy (DE), Capt Roger McGinnis.
[Jane's Defence Weekly - first posted to http://jdw.janes.com – 27 August
2004]