Posted on 10/24/2012 6:15:56 AM PDT by blam
Boeing Has Perfected A Missile That Wipes Out Electronics And Leaves Everything Else Intact
Robert Johnson
Oct. 24, 2012, 7:55 AM
Boeing
While the U.S. geared up for the second presidential debate last Tuesday, an unoccupied building sat pulsing with computers, electronic surveillance, and security systems in the Utah high desert.
The unoccupied site was awaiting the test of a weapon the Pentagon requested four years ago to the day on 16 October, 2008. The Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP), led by Boeing's Phantom works, promised to change the face of contemporary warfare, and its test was a complete success.
CHAMP flew over the Utah Test and Training Range last Tuesday, discharging a burst of High Power Microwaves onto the test site and brought down the compound's entire spectrum of electronic systems without producing any other damage at all. Even the camera recording the test was shut down.
Struggling to contain his enthusiasm Boeing's Keith Coleman says, "We hit every target we wanted to. Today we made science fiction into science fact."
Coleman spoke from a Boeing video (below) that shows the results of the test, inside the computer filled building. Flying over the largest testing range in the country, CHAMPS took out seven different targets before self-destructing over empty desert.
While James Dodd, VP of Advanced Boeing Aircraft says he hopes to implement the CHAMP sooner rather than later, it's just one weapon in a growing arsenal meant to take down increasingly sophisticated foreign radar systems.
Passive radar is being heavily marketed abroad as the system to use if a country wants to identify U.S. stealth planes including the forthcoming F-35. The passive system evaluates a wide spectrum
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This is good, but I enjoy seeing muzzie ragheads obliterated!
That depends on the strength of the EMP-produced surge, and if there are components that will fry before the surge hits the tubes.
That's a common myth, but the only reason that humans even *know* about EMP is because our first nuclear blast in Space knocked out some streetlights in Hawaii.
Streetlights, and original light bulbs in particular, are vacuum tubes.
Big Deal! I’ve got employees that do that already!
My thoughts as well. Consistent with the repeal of DADT i suppose.
Field equipment is generally hardened, The rest of it isnt. For example, the mainframe that processes base level supply, personnel, accounting, etc is just an off the shelf IBM or similar machine and isnt necessarily protected. The systems that process the Crit message from an ambassador saying he is under attack is hardened and has been since the late 60's or early 70's.
American REMF units may wind up burnt out and those that field a force may be unaffected. Other countries equipment and that cobbled by nontraditional forces would likely fare much worse.
Well, you didn’t say “FairyDay” Cage.....
One Second After II: One City At A Time.
The alternative would be to install a large capacitor in the trunk and run contact
rods to the front of your vehicle. When contacted with another vehicle it would fry it
and possibly also kill everyone inside. Best used against unmanned vehicles.
/imagination run amok
I wonder if they considered that they need to NOT have other personell/equipment in the “blast” radius. I can see the shoot-in-the-foot incidents here.
Hilarious!!! Thanks for the laugh!
/Salute
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