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•HR 2977 IH
1 (2)(A) The terms ‘‘weapon’’ and ‘‘weapons sys
2 tem’’ mean a device capable of any of the following:
3 (i) Damaging or destroying an object
4 (whether in outer space, in the atmosphere, or
5 on earth) by—
6 (I) firing one or more projectiles to
7 collide with that object;
8 (II) detonating one or more explosive
9 devices in close proximity to that object;
10 (III) directing a source of energy (in
11 cluding molecular or atomic energy, sub
12 atomic particle beams, electromagnetic ra
13 diation, plasma, or extremely low frequency
14 (ELF) or ultra low frequency (ULF) en
15 ergy radiation) against that object; or
16 (IV) any other unacknowledged or as
17 yet undeveloped means.
18 (ii) Inflicting death or injury on, or dam
19 aging or destroying, a person (or the biological
20 life, bodily health, mental health, or physical
21 and economic well-being of a person)—
22 (I) through the use of any of the
23 means described in clause (i) or subpara24 graph (B);
