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Airborne Laser

Powerful oxygen iodine lasers mounted in turrets on modified 747 aircraft hunt down enemy ballistic missiles by heating up their metallic skins and causing them to self-destruct.

EMP bomb

First discovered as a by-product of nuclear explosions, strong electromagnetic pulses - now produced by conventional means - can disable all types of vital electrical equipment.

LRAD

The Long-Range Acoustic Device employs powerful concentrated sonic beams - extremely painful and even dangerous - as a highly effective warning or deterrent weapon.

TACTICAL HIGH-ENERGY LASER

Successfully tested against both Katyusha rockets and mortar rounds, this ground-based weapon uses a high-energy deuterium fluoride laser to knock down all types of short-range missiles and projectiles.

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