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US Must Boost Energy Arms Development, as China is Overtaking – Think Tank

© REUTERS / John Williams/U.S. Navy The laser weapon system (LaWS) is tested aboard the USS Ponce amphibious transport dock during an operational demonstration while deployed in the Gulf
The laser weapon system (LaWS) is tested aboard the USS Ponce amphibious transport dock during an operational demonstration while deployed in the Gulf - Sputnik International
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Direct-energy weapons use highly focused energy, including electromagnetic radiation, microwave, laser or sound to damage a target.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The US Department of Defense must boost research and development of energy weapons to secure its technological advantage as China may outrun the United States in these fields by 2022, a Washington think tank said in a report.

Direct-energy weapons use highly focused energy, including electromagnetic radiation, microwave, laser or sound to damage a target.

“By 2022, China may overtake the United States in terms of total research and development spending,” said the study on energy weapons published by the Center for a New American Security on Tuesday.

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The US defense has a history of overpromise and underdelivery concerning research and production of the directed-energy weapons, the authors of the report suggested.

The military advantage of the United States is endangered by Japan and South Korea along with China, the author said, urging the country to use the opportunity to adopt, learn or tap into new international scientific developments.

The United States tested its first operational Laser Weapon System built into an Austin-class amphibious transport dock USS Ponce in December 2014.

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