Non-Lethal Missile ‘Neutralizes’ Enemy Electronics
- Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:07pm by
Liz Klimas
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This missile may look deadly, but it’s not — unless you’re an electronic. Technology developed by Boeing with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory was successfully tested to damage enemy electronic systems.
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Using microwaves, the Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) can disable the electronics of specific targets. This is the first success, according to Defense Tech, that brings technology closer to being able to disarm electronic systems without the electromagnetic plus generally associated with nuclear warheads, which are “not exactly a low-collateral damage tool.”
Here’s more about CHAMP from Boeing’s release:
CHAMP is a nonlethal alternative to kinetic weapons that neutralizes electronic targets. It would allow the military to focus on these targets while minimizing or eliminating collateral damage.
The CHAMP missile pointed at a set of simulated targets, confirming that the missile could be controlled and timed while using a High-powered Microwave (HPM) system against multiple targets and locations.
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“It was as close to the real thing as we could get for this test,” said Keith Coleman, CHAMP program manager for Boeing Phantom Works. “This demonstration, which brings together the Air Force Research Laboratory’s directed energy technology and Boeing’s missile design, sets the stage for a new breed of nonlethal but highly effective weapon systems.”
More tests for the three-year, $38 million program are expected later this year.
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Comments (81)
Mr.Fitnah
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 12:20amIn a world without electricity ,the man with his computer in a Faraday cage wins the interwebnet!
Report Post »Moment of Clarity
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 5:08amMR.FITNAH, what good is it if you’re the only one with it?!?
Report Post »Watchingtheweasels
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:09amWhat interwebnet.
The story told in this book is getting closer to reality. http://www.amazon.com/One-Second-After-William-Forstchen/dp/0765356864/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317132538&sr=8-1
Report Post »jhrusky
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 1:17pm@Watchingtheweasels
That book was a fantastic read (and the reality of the possibility is as scary .. just like watching “The Road” was).
That said, I’ve been looking for a long time for some solution to such an event (and EMP that I believe will ultimately happen, here, and possibly sooner than later). How does one protect their own electricity-producing potential? I used to think Solar would be the solution — to keep a few panels, charge controllers, and inverters on hand, but now it sounds as if the electronics in these devices will be destroyed as apparently any silicon circuitry will be fried no matter if it’s plugged in or not.
If anyone knows a good way to be prepared for such an event I’d sure like to have more information. I don’t care if we have lights or anything, but I sure would like to find a way to keep a small regrigerator running as well as a way to pump water from my drilled well so I can take a shower.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:00amPutin said a few weeks ago that Russia has a device that can turn people into zombies. I bet he was talking about an EMP? Because lets face it if the internet is taken away from these modern no social skill children, and people can’t dive into their TV, radio, or internet for most there will be nothing left for them, and they will be like zombies. Not to mention all the other things associated with losing power.
Report Post »Netizen Kane
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:32pmIt’s electromagnetic PULSE, or EMP, NOT “electromagnetic plus generally associated with nuclear warheads”….
Any openings there at The Blaze for a weapons technology consultant? Just let me know who to send a resume too….
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 1:13amYou th man to know, will it fry bacon?
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 8:04amWeapons consultant or Proof Reader. That one looked like it could go either way. And no ENCINOM i wasn’t refering to your social life….Just sayin’
Report Post »Netizen Kane
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:29pmIt’s electromagnetic PULSE, or EMP, “electromagnetic plus generally associated with nuclear warheads”….
Any openings there at The Blaze for a weapons technology consultant? Just let me know who to send a resume too….
Report Post »Skee
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:13pmThat’s B.A.
Report Post »If your in the path, does it make you feel like you
constantly have post menstrual hot flashes
kinda like librals.
MedMarine
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:53pmMy old trucks have NO Black Boxes to gry. they are points; condenser, and coil ignition only. As long as I can find fuel anywhere; it will roll to safety; God Willing it be so. FEMA has over 10 Million sleeps six black plastic caskets for those that “happen” to “die”.
Report Post »mertmag
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 10:31amSorry but your condensor and coil would be toast as well. EMP is like putting a few hundred thousand volts through your electrical system. Your truck and the entire electrical grid would be worthless. They should have been more detailed in their explination. The problem is if a terrorist could lobb a small nuke high enough abouve the country they could really wreak havoc. http://www.fas.org/nuke/intro/nuke/emp.htm
Report Post »Leahcim
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:21pm“. . . without the electromagnetic plus generally associated with nuclear warheads,” That would be –electromagnetic pulse–.
Report Post »Lumen
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:35pmIts High-powered Microwave (HPM) Technology. Has nothing to do with EMP.
Report Post »Wringeaux
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:50pmPulse you’re right. A microwave transmitter emits electromagnetic waves. A short blast of high power electromagnetic waves certainly could be called a pulse. (a pulse of electromagnetic energy) I‘m wondering why they didn’t put it on a Predator.
Report Post »slr4528
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:56pmI hope we don’t sell the technology to the Chinese like GE does.
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:32pmhmmmmmmm
Report Post »Is the media finally starting to report the threat of EMP’s?
TRILO
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:55pmGreat that they can pinpoint the target. Curious as to why this is coming out now. This technology has been around for a while. The headline is very misleading. While it is technically a non-lethal weapon on a large scale it has death written all over it. Kill electricity, kill people in industrialized nations. Look at what happens when the power goes out for a few hours or even days. Think about what would happen if electricity and electrical components of our industrial base was out for a prolonged period of time or even years. Computers, banking systems, phones, gps, gas pumps, water, waste water systems, car engines, medical equipment, etc. would not work. People in industrialized nations are so far removed from the ability to take care of themselves life would turn into complete anarchy.
By the way, our enemies already have or are developing similar weapons.
http://www.newsmax.com/KenTimmerman/super-emp-emp-northkorea-nuke/2011/06/16/id/400260
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/21/beijing-develops-radiation-weapons/?page=all
I think we really need to change our fear of nuclear weapons being set off against us to these types of weapons being used.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:40pmI think its time to buy a horse, drill a well with a pump on it and start a hugh garden. The future is looking very grim.
Report Post »Wringeaux
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:07pmMake sure it’s a hand pump. Pray the water’s not polluted. Get a Big Berkey Water Filter. Michael Savage had them as a sponser when he was on shortwave radio.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 1:24amYou ain’t done that …already…?
Report Post »spirited
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 2:24pmHow good (or not) is a Zero water filter?
Report Post »daveinlex
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:38pmI wish I could buy a smaller portable unit like this to kill the loud, obnoxious, boom, boom, boom stereos in the cars that drive by my house at 2:00 am
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:46pmDave-Dave-Dave….
Report Post »Please try to be more tolerant.
MedMarine
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:45pmAgree on those awfully LOUD and house shaking Boom Boxes on wheels.
Report Post »Wringeaux
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 11:02pmI have often thought of taking the ‘microwave horn’ out of a microwave oven and pointing it at the street to see what would happen.
Report Post »(Don‘t try this at home I’m a highly trained red neck tek-nish-an !
(technician)
dpselfe
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 6:40amYou can make one yourself with a few parts scavenged from an old microwave oven. Just don’t let the FCC find you using it………….
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 9:54amYou said it Daveinlex! I’ve been wanting one of those for a long time.
Report Post »watchmany2k
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 11:56amPlease do some reading before you “experiment” with Microwave oven horns.
2.4 GHz is the resonant frequency of water.
This is why a microwave oven works.
The energy of an 802.11 device is the same kind of energy that cooks your food,
but on a much smaller scale.
This is important considering that humans are made of 98% water.
Exposure to even as little as a 1/4 watt amplified with a 14db antenna,
could lead to severe vision problems and possibly other health issues,
notably fertility and sperm motility.
Then again, go ahead, clean the gene pool a tad…
This is what the cold war guys were aiming at each other,
Report Post »causing blindness is the #1 health effect
long term exposure could lead to all sorts of issues, DNA damage, cancers etc.
Tom K
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 2:40pm@DAVIEINLEX: It probably would knock out that stereo AND the car’s ignition system. Those rude people would be stranded in front of your house with no tunes or ride. They might get bored and come knocking on your door.
Report Post »netjet
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 4:15pmAnyone can build an EMP or a signal jammer-the problem is they are illegal for civilians to own. You only need a little education in electronics, basic understanding and limitations of military targets and voi’la you can be a problem. But Nations have large budgets and resources; our enemies lie at the wait to strike. When our military is at its weakest-our Nation is at its breaking point-Our people ready to accept bondage; that is when our enemy will strike. No communications, no modern conveniences, no food-water-security, shelter under attack. NO, we are not ready for an EMP; but I get closer to ready everyday.
Report Post »Mary Just
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:24pmAll this and more will be used on Americans from their own government. Dont believe me, look what the ATF did selling guns to Mexican Drug Cartels and gangs like MS13. This comes from the same group that gave us the incidents at Ruby Ridge and Waco with over 100 dead.
Report Post »MedMarine
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 10:48pmSo right that this will be used on US people; as well as making the SS look like pikers on Body Counts at Gassing facilities and Mass graves. FEMA has Huge camps set up; Guess who gets to ‘visit’ them if you disagree with the Government to come.
Report Post »jessieH
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:18pmYea, but, anything on stopping nukes? Shouldn’t that be the number one project? Isn’t that green enough for the liberal idiots that keep protesting for peace?
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on September 28, 2011 at 6:20pmYou can’t launch a nuke without electronics, and it can’t get where it’s supposed to without a guidance system. Of course like any other doomsday weapon, this only works if you strike first. As for stopping nukes after they’ve been launched, the people who describe it as trying to stop a bullet with another bullet are probably right. It was always a pipedream, a hoax, a scam to waste money and give false hope.
Report Post »Av8r1969
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:13pmThe military is its own complex now….. If you see it, its old news. This is NOT news. However, there is a high probability that YOU will see this type of weapon used in the near future. ALWAYS watch the other hand…….
Report Post »Av8r1969
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:24pmbtw, if memory serves…… NY experienced a blackout maybe 15 years or s so ago that was the suspected handy work of an A-6 Intruder on steroids? How easy we forget…..
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 8:10pmThey estimate it would actually take three of these and placed at very strategic heights and intervals across the US to take down our grid. It is possible and likely in my humble opinion for what we are doing to our dollar thus strategically defaulting on our debts to China our communist mafia brothers and sisters.
Report Post »Gypsy123
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 7:58pmOur secrets are gone and now our military is don‘t ask don’t tell free what in the world is going on we are doomed.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 1:32amIt’s the end of the world as we know it.
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 7:39pmThis sounds like the EMP Iran wants to use against us .
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 1:44amYeah, but on a much smaller scale.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:54pmIt’s going to crash anyway, why not put lethal munitions on it when it runs out of fuel. If it returned to point of origin then that would be saying something. Just make sure they have electronics on board. The old flying fortress would be a good one.
Report Post »mashuser2
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 7:05pmWe can‘t kill civilians even if they’re muslim – remember were the good guys. Now, if you can control that “crash” so that it hits some terrorists rag head bunker with explosives, well then that’s another story.
Report Post »tbolt71
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 7:30pmislam is a terror religion…world dominence….good muslims are simply sleeper terrorists in burquas…eradicate them all from our soil
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 7:35pmIf it is new technology and no one else has it yet, and it is used and is not totally destroyed when it crashes; the technology will get out.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 1:38amThey are flown usually by laptop from anywhere on this ball. Yes sir, they can destruct with a click.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:53pmIF you aren‘t prepared to survive in a circa 1800’s world, you aren’t prepared.
Report Post »Countrygirl1362
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 7:05pmThat is about what life will be like when something like that is used on us. No electric, no cars, no grocery stores, running water, etc. And don’t think at least one of the coutries that hates us, if they don’t already have soon will.
Report Post »neiman1
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:46pmDo the Chinese have a copy yet?
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:53pmThey will probably be making them and selling them to us in 2 years.
Report Post »Hiswill
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:53pmI heard on GBTV last week Iran has this style missle ready to go. If Iran has it, you can bet China has it too.
Report Post »tbolt71
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:40pmthanks to slick willie and billary,china already has most of our secrets
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:33pmShhh…
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:28pm@ Snowleopard }
You could be more right than you think or another country.
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:27pmSometimes Boeing should just keep their mouths shut and sell airliners……
Report Post »sister1_rm
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:24pmNow wait a minute, here. Why is this public knowledge?! Shouldn’t this remain a military secret so as not to let potential enemies develop “anti-microwave” technology?! I’m very suspicious of this kind of news. It’s either a flat out lie, or decades old technology that’s obsolete as a military tool.
If everything in this article and what it implies is the truth, then what are we to make of it? Who will be the enemy to disable, and what will be targeted? Communications? Banking? Unmanned aircraft?
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:46pmSister! I said SHHHhhh!
Report Post »kindling
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 7:14pmDon’t you remember what BO told us before he was elected? He said his would be the most transparent presidency ever, it is just that he is only transparent about things that should be quiet about and he hides everything else.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:14pmI hope champ has been use for years…IF NOT we are giving away our aces that would win the war!!!
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:17pmWhat difference does it make if the U.S shuts down some or all of their equipment? If they get off just one massive EMP attack they will shutdown nearly the entire U.S. Does it mean anything good at all that the U.S can shutdown their mediocre equipment if the entire U.S is shutdown?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:19pmI imagine Obama has already sold it to the Chinese.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 6:34pmOnly ONE country that was thought to have this technology…….they have a blue and white flag!
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 7:31pm@Snow – I am afraid you have this one wrong. He probably GAVE it to China…… you know.. In the interests of international relations!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:50pm@82nd Airborne — good point.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 8:54amchina prob built some of the chips or SLRUs being populated by Boeing subcontractors, aka non-standard parts…audit from the 80′s revealed that on some of the skunk works programs…they (another large company) got busted but still yet…just saying.
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