War at the Speed of Light
Potomac Books Inc (Verlag)
978-1-64012-330-4 (ISBN)
War at the Speed of Light describes the revolutionary and ever-increasing role of directed-energy weapons (such as laser, microwave, electromagnetic pulse, and cyberspace weapons) in warfare. Louis A. Del Monte delineates the threat that such weapons pose to disrupting the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction, which has kept the major powers of the world from engaging in nuclear warfare.
Potential U.S. adversaries, such as China and Russia, are developing hypersonic missiles and using swarming tactics as a means to defeat the U.S. military. In response, the U.S. Department of Defense established the 2018 National Security Strategy, emphasizing directed-energy weapons, which project devastation at the speed of light and are capable of destroying hypersonic missiles and enemy drones and missile swarms.
Del Monte analyzes how modern warfare is changing in three fundamental ways: the pace of war is quickening, the rate at which weapons project devastation is reaching the speed of light, and cyberspace is now officially a battlefield. In this acceleration of combat called “hyperwar,” Del Monte shows how disturbingly close the world is to losing any deterrence to nuclear warfare.
Louis A. Del Monte is the CEO of Del Monte and Associates and has more than thirty years of experience in physics, technology, and engineering. His technological developments are used by Honeywell, IBM, Samsung, and the U.S. Department of Defense. He is the author of Nanoweapons: A Growing Threat to Humanity (Potomac, 2017).
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. The Game of Cat and Mouse
1. Tilting the Balance of Terror
2. The Quest for Global Dominance Using Conventional Weapons
3. The Coming Fourth U.S. Offset Strategy
Part 2. Directed-Energy Weapons
4. Laser Weapons
5. Microwave Weapons
6. EMP Weapons
7. Cyberspace Weapons
Part 3. “Shields Up, Mr. Sulu”
8. Directed-Energy Countermeasures
9. Force Fields
Part 4. The Coming New Reality
10. Autonomous Directed-Energy Weapons
11. The Full-Scale Weaponization of Space
12. Not Gambling with the Fate of Humanity
Appendix A: U.S. and Chinese Defense Budgets Adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity and Labor Costs
Appendix B: The Design and Operation of a Laser
Appendix C: Radiation-Hardened Electronics and System Shielding Resources
Appendix D: Articles Describing the Operation of Nonnuclear EMP Devices
Notes
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.02.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 3 photographs, 1 table, 4 appendixes, index |
| Verlagsort | Dulles |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64012-330-X / 164012330X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64012-330-4 / 9781640123304 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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