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Defense Dept. HONOLULU — The U.S. military''s longstanding goal to make weapon systems more energy efficient is growing increasingly
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Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)
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From 1957 to 1964 this information was used to design a spacecraft propulsion system called Orion, in which nuclear explosives would be thrown behind a pusher-plate mounted on the bottom of a spacecraft and exploded. The shock wave and radiation from the detonation would impact against the underside of the pusher plate, giving it a powerful push. The pusher plate would be mounted on large two-stage shock absorbers
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Part four of this six-part series focuses on kinetic energy weapons. A kinetic energy weapon is designed to destroy space assets, either by an intentional collision or
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Power Generation and Storage for Directed Energy
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In 2010, the Airborne Laser shot down two missiles (both solid and liquid propelled) in their boost phase during flight testing which demonstrated