Laser Guided and Laser Powered Energy Discharge Device

A dual-laser based method of accurately and efficiently directing energy through the atmosphere over a significant range towards an intended target, said method comprising the steps of;

• using an ultrafast laser source, capable of producing a laser pulse with sub-nanosecond pulse duration, combined with focusing optics to create a stable long thin optical plasma filament in the atmosphere with its farthest end physically connected or very close to the target;
• using a second different high energy laser source, capable of producing a laser pulse with much higher pulse energy than the ultrafast laser source but with significantly longer pulse duration, combined with focusing optics to create a high energy plasma ball in the atmosphere that is positioned at some physical point along the long optical plasma filament, so that the two plasmas spatially and temporally overlap;
• using the stable optical plasma filament to direct, guide or channel energy from the high energy plasma ball to the target, including but not limited to energy emitted from the plasma ball in the form of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP);
• and using the directed energy to cause damage to the intended target or any of its components, such that the target is either destroyed, damaged, disabled or disorientated in some manner.