Shoot Lightning?
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Another weapon that is undergoing developmnt is a weapon to shoot lightning. This is the latest version of Nikolai Tesla's "Death Ray". The goal is to produce a weapon that can shoot electricity through the air at a particular target. The latest idea is that the weapon wil shoot a high power laser for a very short time which creates a path of ionized air (or plasma) which is a better conductor of electricity than normal air. The weapon then sends electricity along the path to the target. The electricity follows along the path of least resistance through the plasma to the target, then through the target and into the ground. This is highly effective and destroys any target that is vulnerable to electricity.
It is unlikely that this weapon could ever enter common usage because of the high tech parts required to fire a laser with the required power, about 50 billion watts, for a short enough period, a few trillionths of a second, to prevent it from dispersing and ruining the effect. However the physics behind the weapon seem to be sound and tests done at the Army's Picatinny base look really cool.
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