It uses electrically charged plating to vaporise anti-tank missiles before they can penetrate the rest of the armour. |
Which was why we were uncomfortable when David Cameron used drones to vaporise British jihadis in Syria. |
A fierce fire could cause the plutonium in the MOX fuel to vaporise resulting in the release of a large number of respirable particles into the atmosphere and the marine environment. |
Rather than being attached to a shark's head, used to intimidate an immobilised secret agent or vaporise a rebel planet, these lasers are kept safely in the projection booth. |
The drawbacks are that aqueous coatings must be used, which are low in resin-based solvents that also vaporise. |
Aside from being very dense and pyrophoric, depleted uranium shells also have a nasty tendency to vaporise. |