# Counter-Directed Energy Weapons **Entity class:** Technical-intelligence and countermeasure domain **Aliases:** C-DEW ## Definition **Counter-Directed Energy Weapons** concerns the intelligence, sensing, protection, operational analysis, and countermeasure problems created by hostile directed-energy systems. The domain joins threat characterization, signatures, platform vulnerability, warning, attribution, and technical countermeasures. ## Relationships - **discipline:** [[wiki/Technical Intelligence|Technical Intelligence]] and [[wiki/MASINT|MASINT]]. - **2026 forum:** [[wiki/DIA TECHINT Conference|DIA TECHINT Conference]]. - **collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [AFCEA — DIA TECHINT 2026](https://www.afcea.org/events/dia-techint-2026)