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 by Staff Writers Washington DC (Sputnik) Jul 26, 2019
The US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) put out a request last week for the development of a wargame simulator to better explore just how well directed-energy weapons like lasers and particle beams will work in battles. Nextgov reported Monday that the USAF's research organization had issued a request for a vendor to provide the service with wargame modeling for scenarios featuring directed energy weapons "to determine if and how well AFRL/RD and industry technologies can help address warfighter needs and gaps including complementing current fielded technologies and those under development by others," the request states, referring to the lab's Directed Energy Directorate (RD). "Distributed wargames provide a method of working with warfighters to develop tactics, techniques and procedures - TTPs - and concept of employment - CONEMP - to utilize these AFRL/RD and industry technologies to meet the warfighter needs and gaps," the request continues. Prospective contractors must submit their capability statements to AFRL by August 19. Directed energy weapons have become a key battleground in the emerging arms race both on Earth and in space, with the Pentagon testing a variety of both offensive and defensive weapons as other countries such as Germany, the United Kingdom, and China rush to develop their own. India has also tasked its new Defense Space Agency with carrying out space war games simulations, in part to explore questions similar to Washington's about the how's and what-if's of directed energy weapons in war. Source: RIA Novosti
United Kingdom enters laser weapons race Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2019 The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense announced that it seeks developers of laser- and radio frequency-guided weapons to shoot down drones and other enemy threats. The concept is not new. The United States first employed non-lethal lasers in military service in 2014, largely to disable enemy electrical sensors, and the United Kingdom spent $37 million on a laser prototype in 2017. The announcement this week by the Ministry of Defense specifically calls for deployment of "high energy l ... read more
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