Source: ORF
Context: The article discusses the advancements and current state of Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs), highlighting their growing importance as countermeasures against autonomous and hypersonic weapons.
- The United States has significantly invested in DEWs, developing systems like high-energy lasers (HEL) and high-powered microwaves (HPM), with various applications ranging from missile defence to disabling drones.
- Countries like China, Russia, and others are also advancing their DEW capabilities.
- India has been investing in DEWs through organizations like DRDO and BEL, working on projects like Tri-Netra and KALI.
Directed energy weapons (DEWs) are defined as electromagnetic systems capable of converting chemical or electrical energy to radiated energy and focusing it on a target, resulting in physical damage that degrades, neutralizes, defeats, or destroys an adversarial capability.
