As one who worked on them from the early years (1970s), I can say you are all wet. What you omit is the "weapon" aspect. You are just playing techno-lawyer, not knowing the subject at all. Originally, it referred to laser weapons and particle-beam weapons, then expanded to microwave weapons. Otherwise, you get down to saying a ring flashlight is a DEW, which it could never be.
As one who worked on them from the early years (1970s), I can say you are all wet. What you omit is the "weapon" aspect. You are just playing techno-lawyer, not knowing the subject at all. Originally, it referred to laser weapons and particle-beam weapons, then expanded to microwave weapons. Otherwise, you get down to saying a ring flashlight is a DEW, which it could never be.