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Directed Energy Weapons (Dews): a Bibliography View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Calhoun, Institutional Archive of the Naval Postgraduate School Calhoun: The NPS Institutional Archive Dudley Knox Library Publications Bibliographies 2005-10 Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs): A Bibliography Marlatt, Greta E. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/6980 DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS (DEWs): A BIBLIOGRAPHY Compiled by Greta E. Marlatt Dudley Knox Library Naval Postgraduate School Updated and Revised October 2005 This Bibliography is also available at http://www.nps.edu/Library/Research%20Tools/Bibliographies/index.html DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS (DEWs): A BIBLIOGRAPHY Complied by Greta E. Marlatt Dudley Knox Library Naval Postgraduate School Updated and Revised October 2005 PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Table of Contents DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS GENERAL ................................... 5 PERIODICALS ................................................................................ 5 BOOKS ......................................................................................... 32 HIGH POWER MICROWAVES ...................................................... 114 PERIODICALS ............................................................................ 114 BOOKS ....................................................................................... 115 ELETROMAGNETIC PULSE (EMP) .............................................. 117 PERIODICALS ............................................................................ 117 BOOKS ....................................................................................... 118 FREE ELECTRON LASERS .......................................................... 120 PERIODICALS ............................................................................ 120 BOOKS ....................................................................................... 121 INTERNET SITES ........................................................................... 123 ACRONYMS AND GLOSSARY ..................................................... 124 4 DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS GENERAL PERIODICALS Abrahamson, J.A. “The Strategic Defense Initiative: An Overview.” Horizons, January 1985, v. 21, no. 3, p. 2-9. “Accelerator Deemed Beam Weapon Key.” Aviation Week and Space Technology, August 4, 1980, v, 113, no. 5, p. 60-63. “AF Phillips Lab Looks at Space as Battleground.” BMD Monitor, September 6, 1996, v. 11, n. 18. Ahmed, M. “Laser and Charged Particle Beam Technology.” Islamic Defence Review, 1981, v. 6, no. 4, p. 16-20. “Air Force Panel: Space Lasers Not Ready For Prime Time.” Defense Week, June 24, 1996, v. 17, n. 26. “Air Force Shoots For Laser Ballistic Missile Terminator.” National Defense, November 1996, v, 81, n. 522, p. 23. “Air Force's Future Looks a Lot Like SDI's Past.” BMD Monitor, November 18, 1994, v. 9, n. 23. Altmann, Jurgen. “Space Laser Weapons: Problems of Strategic Stability.” Bulletin of Peace Proposals, 1988, v. 19, no. 3-4, p. 343-356. Anderberg, Bengt. “Hand-Held Laser Weapons Are Waiting in the Wings.” Armed Forces Journal International, May 1992, v. 129, n. 10, p. 60-61. ______. “The Low-Energy Laser Aimed at the Eye as a Potential Anti-Personnel Weapon.” RUSI, Spring 1988, p. 35-40. ______. “Protection and Countermeasures Against Laser Weapons.” Military Technology, May 1993, v. 17, n. 5, p. 20-22+ Appell, David. “Military May Test Powerful Laser in Space.” Laser Focus World, November 1997, v. 33, p. 20+ “APS Releases Report on Directed-Energy Weapons.” Physics Today, May 1987, v. 40, p. S1-S2. 5 Arbenz, Kurt. “Laser-Aimed Weapons.” Armada International, November-December 1982, v. 6, p. 51-52. ______. “Laser Weapons in Air Defense.” Armada International, September-October 1983, v. 7, p. 38+ ______. “Particle Beam Weapons.” Armada International, July-August 1982, v. 6, p. 74+ Arkin, William M. “Pentagon Sees the Light.” [Policy on Blinding Lasers] The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, November/December 1995, v. 51, no. 6, p. 57. ______. “Vienna Meeting Sets Ban on Blinding Laser Weapons.” Laser Focus World, December 1995, v. 31, p. 62-64. Armstrong, Richard B. “Directed Energy Weapons: Training Today for Tomorrow’s Battlefield.” Armor, March-April 1988. v. 97, p. 38-40. “Army Beam Programs Moving to DARPA.” Aviation Week and Space Technology, August 4, 1980, v. 113, no. 5, p. 51. Atkinson, David. “Flexibility is Key for Directed Energy Weapons.” Defense Daily, July 30, 1998, v. 199, no. 84. Bardwell, Steven J. “Directed-Energy Weapons: The Science to End Nuclear War.” Air Defense Artillery, Spring 1983, p. 13-17. Barzilay, Amnon. “Laser Beam is in the Dark” (text). Ha’aretz in Hebrew (18 March 1998). Translation by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service. FBIS Daily Report – Near East/South Asia. 1April 1998 [FBIS-NES-98-091]. Internet version. Beal, Clifford. “US DoD Investigates 'Acoustic Cannon' for Non-Lethal Roles.” Jane's Defense Weekly, June 24, 1998, v. 29, no. 25. “Beam Pointing Technology Explored.” Aviation Week and Space Technology, November 6, 1978, v. 109, no. 19, p. 59+ “Beam Weapons.” Flight International, April 24, 1982, v. 121.p. 1052-1054. Beane, William J. “The Navy and Directed Energy Weapons.” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, November 1981, v. 107, p. 47-52. Belov, V. and V. Savinov. “Laser Weapons.” Soviet Press Selected Translations, April 18, 1989, p. 39-42. 6 Benford, Gregory. “Zeus in Orbit.” Omni, September 1981, v. 3, p. 52+ Benford, James and John Swegle. “An Introduction to High Power Microwaves.” Microwave Journal, February 1992, v. 35, no. 2, p. 105+ ______. “An Introduction to High Power Microwaves: EW Reference & Source Guide: Technical Manual.” Journal of Electronic Defense, January 1994, v. 17, no. 1, p. S71+ Berganini, Steven J. “Particle Beam Weapon Development.” Field Artillery Journal, January-February 1980, v. 38, p. 30-34. Bickers, Charles. “DoD Studies Lasers Against ‘Scuds.’” Jane’s Defence Weekly, April 25, 1992, p. 694. Blau, Tom. “Getting Directed Energy and Strategic Defense in Focus.” Military Technology, September 1985, v. 9, p. 42+ Bloembergen, Nicolaas et at. “Report to the APS of the Study Group on Science and Technology of Directed Energy Weapons: Executive Summary and Major Conclusions.” Physics Today, May 1987, v. 40, p. S3-S16. Bo, Ding. “Beam Energy Weaponry, Powerful Like Thunderbolts and Lightning” (text). Beijing Jiefangjun Bao in Chinese (25 December 1995). Translation by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service. FBIS Daily Report – China. 1April 1998 [FBIS-CHI-96-039]. Internet version. “Boeing Aerospace Facility to Aid SDI Decision on FEL Technology.” Aviation Week and Space Technology, August 18, 1986, v. 125, n. 7, p. 66. Bogie, William. “The High Energy Game.” National Defense, December 1985, v. 70, p. 14+ Borgart, Peter. “Soviet Military Space Programs.” International Defense Review, January 1, 1990, v. 23, n. 1, p. 23-26. Boyle, Dan. “SDI Technology Moves Forward.” International Defense Review, January 1, 1990, v. 23, n. 1, p. 82+ ______. “Tipping the Balance of Terror.” Interavia, July 1985, v. 40, p. 802-805. Brown, Neville G. “Star Wars Reality: Lethal Beams in Space?” Navy International, November 1983, v. 88, p. 676-681. 7 Browne, J.C. “Applications of Directed Energy Weapon Technology to Civilian Problems.” Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 1989, v. 59, p. 5-6. Cady, Steven E. “Beam Weapons in Space.” Air University Review, May-June 1982, v. 33, p 33-39. Calder, James A. “Space-Based Radar Comes Over the Horizon.” Aerospace America, January 1984, v. 22, n. 1, p. 112-114. Campbell, Clark P. “Directed Energy Weapons.” Infantry, November-December 1983, v. 73, p. 8-10. Campbell, Clark P. and Frederic L. Borch, III. “Directed Energy Weapons and the Laws of Warfare.” Army, August 1985, v. 35, p. 30-33+ Canan, James W. “Vistas on Tomorrow's Air Force.” Aerospace America, February 1997, v. 35, no. 2, p. 11-13. Canavan, Gregory H. et al. “Debate on APS Direct-Energy Weapons Study.” Physics Today, November 1987, v. 40, p. 48-53. Cartledge, Robert M. “Lasers and Directed Energy: Implications for the Future.” USAF Medical Service Digest, Winter 1988, v. 39, p. 8-10. Castro, C. “The Evolution of High-Power Microwave.” Defense Electronics, September 1990, v. 22, no. 9, p. 82+ Chadwell, Paul A. “Directed Energy Weapons.” National Defense, November- December 1979, v. 64, p. 56-62. ______. “Space Defence Strategy: An American View.” Armed Forces, July 1986, v. 5, p. 303+ Charles, Dan. “The Man Who Promised the Earth: James Ionson and the Innovative Science and Technology Programme.” New Scientist, March 20, 1993, v. 137, no. 1865, p. 26-28. “China: Naval Laser Weapons Surveyed” (text). Beijing Jianchuan Zhishi in Chinese (July 1996, no. 7, p. 32-33). Translation by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service. FBIS Daily Report – China, Science and Technology. 1July 1996 [FBIS-CST-96-017]. Internet version. Chuandao, Han. “New Concept Weaponry” (text). Beijing Guofang in Chinese (April 1997, no. 4, p. 39-40). Translation by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service. FBIS Daily Report – China. 15 April 1997 [FBIS-CHI-97-153]. Internet version. 8 Codevilla, Angelo M. “How Eminent Physicists Have Lent Their Names to a Politicized Report on Strategic Defense.” Commentary, September 1987, v. 84, no. 3, p. 21-26. Colson, W.B. “Short Wavelength Free Electron Lasers in 1996.” 3p. http://www.physics.nps.navy.mil/fel.html _____. “Tutorial on Classical Free Electron Laser Theory.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, 1985, v. A237, no. 1,
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