Titled Directed Energy Futures 2060, the eye-opening report makes predictions regarding DE weapons and their future applications decades from now. According to The Drive, the report’s “authors claim that the world has reached a ‘tipping point’ in which directed energy is now critical to successful military operations.” According to the report, DE is defined as “a focused beam of electro-magnetic energy that is used to enable or create military effects, when used in conjunction with other military systems, including kinetic weapons.” These can include lasers, radio frequency devices, high power microwave, millimeter wave, and particle beams. AFRL asserted that it hoped the report would “bring together some of the most innovative thinkers in DE to build a plan to keep our warfighters and our country safe.”