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08/12/2002 Archived Entry: "EMP HPM Weapons"

So I was reading about some of the possible attack plans on Iraq. They mention the use of EMP
weapons to take out electronic targets. Pretty wild stuff, throw some SciFi in with fact, and UFO
types and we probably have the stuff. Sounds like we should be a little worried about it too.

The Chupacabras of Infowar
One Zap, and Your Computer Is Dead
U.S. Threatened With EMP Attack
Non-Nuclear EMP: Automating the Military May Prove a Real Threat
Electromagnetic Bombs Could Throw Civilization Back 200 Years

US DoD push for laser, microwave weapons
Noting that HPM weapon "technology is available and maturing", Muellner said:
"The problem has been finding an effective way of aiming them," as well as
protecting the carrier vehicle.

Air Superiority without an "Air" Force?
At moderate power levels, the composite materials used in modern aircraft tend to
absorb microwave radiation rather than reflect it, rapidly aging aircraft materials
and destroying its stealth properties. Higher power levels of HPM can cause disruption
of electrical circuits, particularly in sensitive integrated circuits or magnetic media.

AboveTopSecret.com - The Official Government Conspiracy Website
Electromagnetic Bomb - A Weapon of Electronic Mass Destruction

HIGH POWER RADIO FREQUENCY WEAPONS:
A POTENTIAL COUNTER TO U.S. STEALTH AND CRUISE MISSILE TECHNOLOGY
PDF Version

Non-lethal Microwave Weapons
This is a follow on to non-lethal warheads already used that ejected rolls of
high-conductivity carbon-graphite wire that short-circuited transformer arrays
and electric grids at power generation plants.

Microwave Weapons Await a Future War
The research on an HPM weapon has concentrated on conventional explosives
wrapped around a coil that has an active electrical field. Once controlled
detonation had taken place, the explosives squeezed the field to produce
the electronic pulse. This device is called an "explosively pumped
flux-compression generator".

USAF AF 2025 Submissions
The Electromagnetic Bomb - a Weapon of Electrical Mass Destruction
MILNET: E-Bomb - Electro Magnetic Pusle Weapon
High-Power Microwave bombs
Robert Schweitzer's testimony on radio frequency weapons.