🔆 Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs) 📍 What are DEWs? ⚡️ Advanced weapons that use concentrated electromagnetic or particle energy to incapacitate or destroy targets (equipment, facilities, personnel). 🌐 Expand the scope of electronic warfare, targeting systems with precision. 📍 How DEWs Work 🌊 Electromagnetic Waves: Disrupt electronics or heat materials to cause damage. 🔦 Lasers: Focus intense light to melt or vaporize targets. 🌌 Particle Beams: Transfer energy to ionize or disrupt structures. 📍 Types of DEWs 🔴 High Energy Lasers (HEL): Destroy small targets like missiles (100 kW–1 MW). 📡 High Power Microwaves (HPMs): Disable electronics and broader targets. 🔵 Millimeter Waves: Non-lethal, used for crowd control. ⚛️ Particle Beam Weapons: Accelerated particles for structural damage. 📍 India’s Context ✅ Significant investments in DEWs to enhance defense capabilities. ✅ Strengthens non-lethal military applications and precision strikes #security