War at the speed of light : directed-energy weapons and the future of twenty-first century warfare / / Louis A. Del Monte

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910795400003321
• Autore: Del Monte Louis A.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lincoln, Nebraska : , : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• ISBN: 1-64012-437-3; 1-64012-435-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 355.8246
• Soggetti: Military art and science - History - 21st century; Military art and science - Forecasting; Directed-energy weapons
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: ""War at the Speed of Light" explores the ever-increasing and revolutionary role of directed-energy weapons in warfare, including laser, microwave, electromagnetic pulse (EMP), and cyberspace weapons. In addition, this book delineates the threat that directed-energy weapons pose to disrupting the doctrine of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction), which has kept the major powers of the world from engaging in nuclear war"--