The forthcoming Type 18 warship will be largely a mobile energy cannon, but no ordinary cannon. The massive parallel beam energy weapon or MPBEW is a weapon thought to be more powerful than anything fielded or even attempted before.
MPBEW has finally received a new name instead of a clumsy acronym, it will be known as the Z-Max cannon. More details about the Type 18 including current designs are going to be unveiled in the early Summer.
