Teleforce

Teleforce is a proposed defensive weapon by Nikola Tesla that accelerated pellets or slugs of material to a high velocity inside a vacuum chamber via electrostatic repulsion and then fired them out of aimed nozzles at intended targets. Tesla claimed to have conceived of it after studying the Van de Graaff generator.^[1]^[2] Tesla described the weapon as being able to be used against ground-based infantry or for anti-aircraft purposes.^[3]^[4]

^ "Tesla's Ray". Time. 23 July 1934.
^ Seifer, Marc. "Tesla's "Death Ray" Machine". bibliotecapleyades.net. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
^ "Beam to Kill Army at 200 Miles, Tesla's Claim on 78th Birthday". New York Times. 11 July 1934.
^ "'Death Ray' for Planes". New York Times. 22 September 1940.

[autogenerated4-1] "Tesla's Ray". Time. 23 July 1934.

[seifer1-2] Seifer, Marc. "Tesla's "Death Ray" Machine". bibliotecapleyades.net. Retrieved 4 July 2012.

[autogenerated3-3] "Beam to Kill Army at 200 Miles, Tesla's Claim on 78th Birthday". New York Times. 11 July 1934.

[autogenerated2-4] "'Death Ray' for Planes". New York Times. 22 September 1940.

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