{"id":44858,"date":"2023-02-07T02:19:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T02:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=44858"},"modified":"2023-02-07T02:19:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T02:19:42","slug":"technology-directed-energy-weapons-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/technology-directed-energy-weapons-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology: directed energy weapons, part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Self-tutoring about technology: the tutor begins about directed energy weapons.<\/h2>\n<p>\nDirected energy weapons, from my understanding, focus an energy beam at a target. Laser weapons are examples.<\/p>\n<p>\nA laser beam is different from natural light because of the way it&#8217;s organized, which is why even a low-power laser can be destructive in a way the same wattage of natural light wouldn&#8217;t be.<\/p>\n<p>\nTo develop perspective on the power of directed energy weapons, one might consider the fact that, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.lockheedmartin.com\/2022-09-15-Lockheed-Martin-Delivers-Its-Highest-Powered-Laser-to-Date-to-US-Department-of-Defense?_ga=2.158201402.1010666993.1675732521-196763217.1675732521&#038;_gl=1*17nwspv*_ga*MTk2NzYzMjE3LjE2NzU3MzI1MjE.*_ga_RN6SVSR76N*MTY3NTczMjUyMS4xLjEuMTY3NTczMzI1OS4wLjAuMA..\">lockheedmartin<\/a>, the US DOD took delivery of a 300kW laser on Sept 15, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe max power of household microwaves is around 1.7kW.<\/p>\n<p>\nSource:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/radiation-emitting-products\/laser-products-and-instruments\/frequently-asked-questions-about-lasers#:~:text=Laser%20light%20can%20be%20emitted,a%20burn%20or%20blind%20spot.\">fda.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceplace.nasa.gov\/laser\/en\/#:~:text=The%20laser%27s%20light%20waves%20travel,into%20a%20very%20tiny%20spot.&#038;text=Because%20laser%20light%20stays%20focused,can%20travel%20very%20long%20distances.\">spaceplace.nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daftlogic.com\/information-appliance-power-consumption.htm\">daftlogic.com<\/a><\/p>\nJack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\">Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC. \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-tutoring about technology: the tutor begins about directed energy weapons. Directed energy weapons, from my understanding, focus an energy beam at a target. Laser weapons are examples. A laser beam is different from natural light because of the way it&#8217;s &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/technology-directed-energy-weapons-part-1\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Technology: directed energy weapons, part 1<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[458],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44858"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44864,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44858\/revisions\/44864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}