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Microwave Warhead en Route

Posted August 04, 2011 10:40 AM

Microwave warheads on missiles are being developed to disable electronic systems without harming people. A new system, unveiled at the Paris Air Show, utilizes microwave-emitting warheads on current missiles instead of conventional explosive payloads. Are these tactical EMP (electromagnetic pulse) missiles, which locate and disable an enemy's electronic infrastructure, the weapons of the future?

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08/04/2011 11:18 AM

Imagine one going off before launch and disabling every app on every mobile phone for miles around. What a wonderful thing!

Presumably KrisDelTM's Product Development team are on the case?

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08/05/2011 3:13 AM

I think that is more of a lyndoor product

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08/05/2011 5:48 AM

£ How much?

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08/06/2011 4:10 PM

Besides the possibility to have enough weapons to kill every person on earth 25 times, this is really what we need. (is Bah plain English?)

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08/08/2011 6:35 PM

And how effective will this be against terrorists living in holes in the mountains?
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08/09/2011 11:39 AM

The effect is not clear to me. It seems to me that only devices that are powered would be affected. Of course, a phone without a working system would be useless, but wouldn't devices that are turned off survive the EMP?
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08/09/2011 11:42 AM

Well, I guess I should have searched a bit more. A discussion of this is here.
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