Boeing actually just patented a force field that would use energy to deflect explosions.

A new patent could be the basis for a new "force field" protecting soldiers from IEDs.

Earth has a force field. A real, literal, honest-to-goodness force field. A field that projects invisibly out into space, protecting us and our precious atmosphere from the dangers of the cosmos.

Star Wars jokes aside, Boeing actually just patented a force field that would use energy to deflect explosions.