Experts quoted by the Washington Post think it almost certain the US military will use "high-powered microwave weapons" (HPM) against Iraq:
- They use bursts of electromagnetic energy, delivered by low-impact bombs or "ray gun"-like devices, to disable or destroy the electronics that control everything from an enemy's radar to its laptops.
Although the pulse can easily incapacitate or even burn out microchips or circuitry, it is weak enough so that humans might not even know they had been attacked until their computers started to crash.
"These weapons are designed almost exclusively for destroying electronic systems," said defense analyst Loren Thompson, author of a recent study on high-powered microwaves and other "directed-energy" weapons. "They minimize collateral damage, overkilling and wasted effort. I tend to think this could make war more humane."
In particular, analysts point out, high-powered microwaves have an obvious attraction in an urban setting, where noncombatants are vulnerable. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has concentrated his elite troops around Baghdad, apparently intending to make a U.S.-led invasion force its way into the capital.
- From a military standpoint, the biggest drawback is the possibility that the pulses end up damaging friendly electronics as they rebound through a battlefield.
"Our existing military infrastructure is currently almost defenseless against the type of energy pulse that an HPM would produce," Thompson said. "The benefits of the information age created a vulnerability not only for our enemies, but for ourselves."
High-powered microwave weapons make use of the same principle that causes static to invade a car radio beneath a power line. More power on a frequency approximating that of the radio can cause progressively worse damage, and at some point will shut down or burn out delicate electronics. The armed forces describe the range of possibilities as the "four D's — deny, disrupt, damage or destroy."
"Anything that an enemy has that uses electronics could be vulnerable," said the University of New Mexico's Edl Schamiloglu, an electrical and computer engineer. "Radars, computers, infrared guidance systems — you name it."
- ultrawide band ... uses an explosion to provide one quick, powerful burst of radiation over a broad range of frequencies. The likeliest method of delivery is via cruise missile, which can get the weapon close to the target without infecting friendly electronics.
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1 - richard
The best article I've read on Directed Energy is 11. Directed Energy.(developments of the directed energy weapon ) DMT 01-10 67883220 NDN- 123-0325-8727-0 By Levien, Fred
JOURNAL NAME- Journal of Electronic Defense VOL. 23
NO. 11 2000-11-01 PP. 43 ISSN- 0192-429X
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