9/22/2023 0 Comments Bomb the world still free edition![]() ![]() bomb destroying an Iraqi TV station, many informed onlookers suspected it was an electromagnetic "e-bomb." Last spring, stories leaked to the press suggested that the Pentagon, after decades of research, had finally deployed such a device in Iraq. The fact that we seldom hear about HPM weapons only adds to their exoticism. Most types of matter are transparent to microwaves, but metallic conductors, like those found in metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS), metal-semiconductor, and bipolar devices, strongly absorb them, which in turn heats the material. As their name suggests, HPMs generate an intense "blast" of electromagnetic waves in the microwave frequency band (hundreds of megahertz to tens of gigahertz) that is strong enough to overload electrical circuitry. In fact, it almost certainly is already here, in the form of high-power microwave (HPM) weapons. It would strike with precision, in an instant, and leave behind no trace of where it came from. Such a weapon might shut down telecommunications networks, disrupt power supplies, and fry an adversary's countless computers and electronic gadgets, yet still leave buildings, bridges, and highways intact. In these media-fueled times, when war is a television spectacle and wiping out large numbers of civilians is generally frowned upon, the perfect weapon would literally stop an enemy in his tracks, yet harm neither hide nor hair. ![]()
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