Proximity blast

A proximity blast was a special phaser and laser cannon beam setting that was employed on Federation starships. 
The proximity blast function operated by firing phasers in a concentrated bolt of energy, rather than a continuous beam. The phaser blast would then detonate at a predetermined point in space, affecting any ship or object within the blast . The proximity blast was mostly used during the by ships such as the and the . () 
The proximity blast setting was used in 2266 by the while engaging in combat with a Romulan Bird-of-Prey. As the Romulan ship was equipped with an advanced cloaking device, the proximity blast function proved useful against it, as a more precise targeting of the vessel was impossible. ()
The Enterprise used the proximity blast setting again a year later, when engaged in combat with a Klingon battle cruiser. The Enterprise was successfully able to destroy the Klingon vessel using blasts set to one hundred percent dispersal pattern. ()
The used a semi beam/proximity blast when cutting into the USS Enterprises hull and damaging the ship's warp core after being hijacked by Khan Noonien Singh and his followers in 2285. ()
Ships of the alternate reality such as the , the and the used proximity blasts quite frequently. (; ; )
===See also===
* Expanding energy pulse
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