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Subject: Major power boost for HPM weapons
reefdiver 1/21/2007 10:11:07 PM

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Light Boosts Destructive Power of Microwave Weapons, Sensors
By David A. Fulghum
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"An advanced concept, pioneered by BAE Systems' researchers, uses light to multiply the speed and power at which HPM pulses--powerful enough to destroy enemy electronics--can be produced without the need for explosives or huge electrical generators.

Researchers predict leaps of 10-100 times in power output within two years. That advance could push the beam-weapon technology far beyond the 1-10-gigawatt limit of current tactical-size HPM devices. Long-standing industry estimates are that it would require a 100-gigawatt pulse for a few nanoseconds to disable a cruise missile at a useful range."

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Rasputin 1/30/2007 5:51:53 AM

Woah, that would be a very embarassing weapon. Think if such a device were man portable and deployable, it would be a huge barrel of laughs, say the national day of some despotic leader, zap and his limo grinds to a halt before the red carpet.

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