[governance] Boeing Successfully Tests Microwave Missile That Takes Out Electronic Targets

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

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.

Good step forward though, maybe they'll make a more efficient microwave and
we'll see lower food-reheating bills.

-C

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 11:45 AM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>wrote:

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> http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/10/25/boeing-successfully-tests-microwave-missile-that-takes-out-electronic-targets/
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> HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (CBS St. Louis) — Boeing successfully tests a
> new missile that can take out electronic targets with little collateral
> damage.****
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> 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.****
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> 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.****
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> “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.”****
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> Seven targets were taken out in total during the one-hour test which left
> no collateral damage.****
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> Coleman believes this can be a huge advancement forward in non-lethal
> warfare.****
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> “Today we turned science fiction into science fact,” Coleman said in the
> press release.****
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> James Dodd, vice president of Advanced Boeing Military Aircraft, is hoping
> to get these microwave missiles in the field sooner rather than later.****
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> Members of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy
> Directorate and Raytheon Ktech also took part in the test.****
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> Boeing Defense, Space & Security division is headquartered in St. Louis.**
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