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Apr 1 16 11:47 PM
THE United States Air Force wants to fry your phone. And your computer. And your car. It’s investing millions into modifying missiles into weaponised microwave ovens.The devastating power of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) has long been associated with nuclear war.It’s a flash of raw electromagnetic energy through the atmosphere that fuses delicate electronics into irreparable smoking scrap.The problem has always been the nuclear bit: Using one to fry a phone network would have been overkill.Not to mention a trigger for an almost inevitable ‘mutually assured destruction’ escalation.So the US military has been seeking less lethal ways of sowing confusion among its enemies.Enter flying microwave ovens.
THE United States Air Force wants to fry your phone. And your computer. And your car. It’s investing millions into modifying missiles into weaponised microwave ovens.
The devastating power of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) has long been associated with nuclear war.
It’s a flash of raw electromagnetic energy through the atmosphere that fuses delicate electronics into irreparable smoking scrap.
The problem has always been the nuclear bit: Using one to fry a phone network would have been overkill.
Not to mention a trigger for an almost inevitable ‘mutually assured destruction’ escalation.
So the US military has been seeking less lethal ways of sowing confusion among its enemies.
Enter flying microwave ovens.
Read more @ http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/us-air-force-modifies-cruise-missiles-to-carry-electromagnetic-pulse-generators--to-destroy-electronics-from-a-distance/news-story/f1898c65dd851fe23f2fca578db83b2b
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