“The Tholian Web,” Star Trek episode 3:9 written by Judy Burns and Chet Richards and directed by Herb Wallerstein, first broadcast on November 15, 1968.

As I have often pointed out, the Coast Guard does not have a quick, reliable way of forcibly stopping a medium to large ship. This capability seems an implicit requirement to do the Coast Guard’s missions. The War Zone reports, the CIA may have such a device.