Originally posted by Stokes Pennwalt
Death ray? Microwave antipersonnel weapons were toyed with off and on by the US Army throughout the 1950s-70s, but nothing ever materialized. Power supply was too much of a problem, as was antenna size. They would have worked well in static position, but their support equipment and size made them unweildy and impractical. That's the only legitimized version of a "death ray" that I know of.