 Another upgrade followed in 1982, adding two more capacitor banks, thereby changing the shape from a cross to a star, resulting in the current Shiva Star device.Shiva Star was also used as a dense plasma focus driver in the mid-80s, and as an experimental magnetic driver for conventional projectiles in the late-80s.Shiva Star was also used to develop an experimental weapon known as MARAUDER for the SDI effort between 1989 and 1995.