多年来,物理学家们已经知道,带电的或中性的基本粒于的准直束,或相干的单色光的准直束,都能潜在的携带破坏性能量,在一定的条件下,能把几百或上千公里远距离处的一块金属烧穿或碎裂。最近,研究利用粒子和激光光束这些特性组成一个新型武器系统的想法,已经受到普遍的重视。 潜在的采用高能激光武器或粒子束武器作为未来武器系统的杀伤机理,提出了许多作战和政策上的问题。例如: Over the years, physicists already know that charged or neutral, substantially particle-based collimated beams, or coherent monochromatic collimated beams, can potentially carry destructive energy and, under certain conditions, Able to burn hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from a piece of metal or broken. Recently, the idea of ​​using the properties of particles and laser beams to form a new type of weapon system has gained widespread acceptance. The potential use of high-energy laser weapons or particle beam weapons as the killer mechanism for future weapon systems raises many operational and policy issues. E.g: