Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: tcmaint%tekigm2.men.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET (Thomas A. Dowe) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Particle Beam Gun Message-ID: <10524@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 24 Oct 89 02:51:09 GMT References: <10315@cbnews.ATT.COM> <10412@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Vancouver, WA. Lines: 20 Approved: military@att.att.com From: "Thomas A. Dowe" In article <10412@cbnews.ATT.COM> slouie@uts.amdahl.com (Shelley Louie) writes: >Even before the problems of development of particle beam weapons and/or >kinetic motion weapons (ie. Gauss guns), there is the problem of its >impracticalities in terms of being a line-of-sight weapon. In defense, laser weapons could be extremely effective in certain config- urations. Mechanically manipulated, they could saturate the defensive front with millions of strikes per minute; blinding temporarily, if not permanently, attacking troops. Night vision devices could be rendered ineffective and laser sighting confused. Tad tomd@pulsar.telcom.tek.com