laser cannon
Directed energy artillery
A laser cannon is a weapon that fires concentrated beams of light rather than projectiles.
The term appears almost exclusively in science fiction and video games, where laser cannons are mounted on spacecraft, tanks, or defensive turrets: The ship's laser cannons opened fire on the enemy fleet.
Real-world military laser weapons exist but are typically called laser weapons systems rather than cannons.
- beamStructural support member
- plasmaElectrified matter state
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- sci-fiFuturistic fiction, abbreviated
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
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- sci-fi techteleporter, time travel, cryonics, force fields, time machine
- space operaStar Wars, Star Trek, Dune, hyperspace, lightsaber
- Mechsmech suit, mech suits, cockpit, pilot seat, actuators
- Superweaponsnuclear bomb, atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb, neutron bomb, thermonuclear bomb
- spacecraft partsengine, thrusters, antenna array, thruster, fuel tank
laser cannonballistic missile
Self-propelled arcing munition
bullet · projectile weapon · artillery shell · crossbow · catapult
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Organization with membership
rock · spear · wooden club · stone axe · primitive weapon
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Handheld defensive armor
force field · armor · defensive barrier · smoke screen · chaff
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