Beams are the classic science fiction space weapon par excellence, ever since HG Wells' Martians zapped Edwardian England at the dawn of SF. For half a century they were almost pure magitech. Then came lasers, and laser weapons have now zapped targets in tests. What's more, they are ...
LASER WEAPONS IN SPACE/ AMERICAN MILITARY SPACE POLICYReviews two books: 'Laser Weapons in Space,' edited by Keith B. Payne; 'American Military Space Policy,' by Colin S. Gray.Pierre, An...
Space Laser Weapons: Problems of Strategic Stability Technologies developed in the framework of SDI and similar programmes can be applied for space debris removal. Laser weapons have the best prospects of such applications. Mechanical impacts of pulsed lasers can clean up the g...
There are at least threelasersystems being developed for either space-based or ground-based weapons. All three are a type of chemical laser that involves the mixing of chemicals inside the weapon to create a laser beam. While a space-based laser system is still about 20 years from being rea...
Space Engineers Release date: 2013 | Developer: Keen Software House | Steam Harvest asteroids for building materials then craft them into floating bases, flyable spaceships, and more besides. You can hover around the map with a jetpack or build a gravity generator to walk safely on the surface...
The artillerymen, the infantry in the trenches, the engineers—all had various complimentary terms addressed to them too. They were “heroic,” they were “brave,” and so forth. But there was a conspicuous absence of the word “gallant” in descriptions of them. There was a reason for th...
Yesterday (Nov 6), the U.S. Air Force Research Lab signed a $26.3 million contract with Lockheed Martin to develop high-energy laser weapons that are lightweight and compact enough to be mounted on fighter jets.
Space Gangster 2 is set about a popular space station in a large world. The game belongs to the genre of space shooter. You’ll find loads of great tools, weapons, and techniques to fight a wide variety of enemies in amazing realistic 3D graphics. You enter a new era, and everything ...
As such, there has been a resurgence of interest in using nuclear weapons to counter comsat constellations in LEO, such as Starlink or the GPS navigation constellation in medium Earth orbit (MEO). China is known to be examining the practicality of such a weapon. ...