<div>Well we had laser weapons (not laser guided actual cutting lasers made into weapons) made a while back - dont see much of them in the field though. Given we're not indulging so much into modern day warfare (there may be some here and there but it's not on a world wide scale) - I doubt we'll actually see many of these in action anyways. </div>
<div> </div><div>Good step forward though, maybe they'll make a more efficient microwave and we'll see lower food-reheating bills. </div><div> </div><div>-C<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 11:45 AM, michael gurstein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com" target="_blank">gurstein@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (CBS St. Louis) — Boeing successfully tests a new missile that can take out electronic targets with little collateral damage.<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The aerospace company tested the microwave missile last week on a two-story building on the Utah Test and Training Range where computers and electronic systems were turned on to gauge the effects of the missile’s radio waves, according to a Boeing press release.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The missile, known as CHAMP (Counter-electronics High-powered Advanced Missile Project), fired a burst of High Powered Microwaves at the building, successfully knocking out the electronic systems and computers, and even taking out the television cameras recording the test.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“This technology marks a new era in modern-day warfare,” Keith Coleman, CHAMP program manager for Boeing Phantom Works, said in the press release. “In the near future, this technology may be used to render an enemy’s electronic and data systems useless even before the first troops or aircraft arrive.”<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Seven targets were taken out in total during the one-hour test which left no collateral damage.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Coleman believes this can be a huge advancement forward in non-lethal warfare.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Today we turned science fiction into science fact,” Coleman said in the press release.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">James Dodd, vice president of Advanced Boeing Military Aircraft, is hoping to get these microwave missiles in the field sooner rather than later.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Members of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate and Raytheon Ktech also took part in the test.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Boeing Defense, Space & Security division is headquartered in St. Louis.<u></u><u></u></p>
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