Science Fiction, Now Fact!
by
Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Boeing
has successful tested an electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) missile that
turns "science fiction into science fact" and could be the
doomsday weapon against Iran, but media have largely ignored the
development. The
U.S. Air Force and Boeing demonstrated the device more than two
months ago over a military site in the Utah desert.
The
test was codenamed CHAMP -- Counter-Electronics High Power Advanced
Missile Project and was the first time a real EMP missile has been
tested with positive real world results.
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| An example of the area that could be effected by a EMP. |
One
of the most startling developments in the research and test is that
the missile system does not use any explosives, thereby limiting
damage to its intended goal of directing microwave energy that can
cause instant blackouts.
Keith
Coleman, who serves as Boeing"s CHAMP program manager in their
Phantom Works division, stated that video camera showed "images
of numerous desktop computers running, and then suddenly all of them
go out quickly followed by the camera going to black," VR-Zone
reported. "We hit every target we wanted to... Today
we made science fiction, science fact," said Coleman.
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