Directed Energy
Weapons and systems that project focused electromagnetic energy (lasers, microwaves, particle beams) at a target. AFRL at Kirtland AFB is a center for directed-energy research.
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Timeline Mentions (8)
Gypsy HPM Testing
The Air Force begins unclassified testing of Gypsy, a High Power Microwave (HPM) system capable of producing one gigawatt.
Directed Energy and High-Altitude UCAVs
Development of ground and space-based High-Energy Lasers (HEL) and the Lockheed GlobalHawk long-range UCAV.
Reagan launches SDI — Shiva Star re-directed to 'Star Wars'
SDI directed energy: x-ray laser, FEL, NPB, Brilliant Pebbles. Shiva Star → MARAUDER precursor.
Alexander organizes ATP group (1985): first informal interagency UFO study — no paper trail, briefed White House/NSC/CIA
Army Colonel organized interagency UFO study group. Military + intelligence + engineers. No paper trail. Briefed senior officials. Predates AAWSAP by 23 years. Found no single program = stove-piping.
MARAUDER program begins — AFRL fires compact toroid plasmoids as weapons
Shiva Star facility. 100 billion g acceleration. Explicitly NOT fusion. Same facility as FRCHX. The critical link.
AFRL Phillips Lab DEW Research
AFRL Phillips Laboratory researches Directed Energy Weapons, including high-energy lasers and sonic flocculators.
AFRL Directed Energy Weapons
U.S. AFRL Phillips Laboratory develops high-energy lasers and sonic flocculator weapons.
MARAUDER (August 1993): USAF compact toroid weapon, 100 billion g acceleration, Shiva Star, went dark mid-1990s
USAF Phillips Lab compact toroid weapon. 100 billion g acceleration. 9.5 MJ Shiva Star. 'Not a fusion program' — weapons. Physics identical to FRC. Went dark mid-1990s. Lineage: SHIVA I → MARAUDER → F