Lightning strikes about 40 million times in the U.S. every year. This natural phenomenon is terrifyingly random, and we rely mainly on lightning rods—a nearly 300-year-old technology—to deal with it.
The fire control system for Lite Beam uses an electro-optical sensor to detect, identify and target hostile objects. The Lite Beam fire control is being used by other Israeli laser weapons, including ...
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Space solar power stations could accidentally fry nearby satellites with laser beams
The US and China are racing to build space-based solar power infrastructure that would ...
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