Nikola Tesla Inventions
Inventions by Nikola Tesla
Death Ray (Particle Beam Weapon)
In the 1930s, Tesla described his "Teleforce" death ray as a charged particle accelerator projecting beams to vaporize targets miles away, patented elements in related high-voltage works. Designed as a defensive weapon to deter aggression, it used electrostatic repulsion for beam focus.
Never built, it influenced directed-energy research like lasers. Tesla's pacifist intent aimed at global peace, but it sparked ethical debates on weaponization, echoing in modern non-lethal systems.
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