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                     March 24, 2021

       Gregory Quarles
       Chief Executive Officer
       Applied Energetics, Inc.
       480 W Ruthrauff Road, Suite 140Q
       Tucson, AZ 85705

                                                        Re: Applied Energetics,
Inc.
                                                            Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 on Form S-3
                                                            Filed March 18,
2021
                                                            File No. 333-231885

       Dear Mr. Quarles:

               Our initial review of your registration statement indicates that
it fails in numerous
       material respects to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the rules and
       regulations thereunder and the requirements of the form. More
specifically, your financial
       statements do not meet the updating requirements of Rule 8-08 of
Regulation S-X. Therefore, we
       will not perform a detailed examination of the registration statement
and we will not issue
       comments. We suggest that you consider filing a substantive amendment to
correct the
       deficiencies.

              We will provide more detailed comments relating to your
registration statement
       following our review of a substantive amendment that addresses these
deficiencies.

               Please contact Sherry Haywood, Staff Attorney at (202) 551-3345
or Asia Timmons-
       Pierce, Special Counsel at (202) 551-3754 with any questions.





                     Sincerely,


                     Division of Corporation Finance

                     Office of Manufacturing