What Does the Heritage Foundation Know?
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Look who knew about DEWs in 2004:
The Heritage Foundation
WHEN?!?
20 years ago.
“***Although the United States is not currently prepared to protect domestic targets against these threats***, it does have the technology to do so with directed-energy weapons (DEWs), which include lasers, microwaves, electromagnetic pulses, and high intensity radio frequency waves. In 2000, for example, the Army used the Tactical High Energy Laser to shoot down a rocket carrying a live warhead--the first time a laser has destroyed a missile in flight.
To ensure that these promising technologies are effectively fielded in a timely manner:
•Congress should fully fund directed-energy programs;
•The Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should cooperate fully on their respective directed-energy efforts;1
•DHS should conduct a national needs assessment of critical infrastructure; and
•The United States should facilitate the sharing of directed-energy technology with its allies.”
WHY DOESN’T THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT THIS?
It LISTS what these weapons are! It says they were in play in 1996.
The Heritage Foundation says they knew this was Israeli technology used in 1996. In fact, Israel worked with America and used it in the US Army back then.
Read the whole article (not just the excerpt.)
The Use of Directed-Energy Weapons to Protect Critical Infrastructure
https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/the-use-directed-energy-weapons-protect-critical-infrastructure