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They bear little resemblance to real-world directed-energy weapons, even if they are given the names of existing technologies such as lasers, masers, or particle beams. [2] This can be compared with real-type firearms as commonly depicted by action movies , as tending infallibly to hit whatever they are aimed at (when wielded by the heroes) and ...
At its most prosaic, science fiction features an endless variety of sidearms—mostly variations on real weapons such as guns and swords. Among the best-known of these are the phaser—used in the Star Trek television series, films, and novels—and the lightsaber and blaster—featured in Star Wars movies, comics, novels, and TV shows.
The Raytheon Phaser is a directed-energy weapon developed by Raytheon Technologies that uses high-power microwave electromagnetic radiation to destroy hostile drones, which technically makes it a maser rather than a phaser.
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Phaser may refer to: Raytheon Phaser, a directed-energy weapon; Phaser (fictional weapon), a gun in the Star Trek universe; Phaser (effect), in electronics, an audio signal processor used to phase-shift the signal; Light Phaser, a lightgun for the Master System console; Xerox Phaser, a brand of printers
Due to longstanding pushback and controversial health studies surrounding the ingredient, many processed food manufacturers have already shifted away from using Red Dye No. 3, opting instead for ...
Terraria (/ t ə ˈ r ɛər i ə / ⓘ tə-RAIR-ee-ə [1]) is a 2011 action-adventure sandbox game developed by Re-Logic. The game was first released for Windows and has since been ported to other PC and console platforms.
Calusinski's trial attorney, Paul De Luca, tells Moriarty he had little to counter the alleged skull fracture because, before trial, prosecutors gave him a disc containing dark, unreadable X-rays.