Tuesday, 25. March 2003

Topic: W A R - on March 25, 2003 at 8:22:46 PM CET

Cooking Iraq's Computers

War with Iraq may allow the United States to debut a new -- and perhaps revolutionary -- class of weapons that can cripple an enemy's ability to fight without harming people or destroying buildings.

They are known collectively as "high-powered microwave weapons" (HPM) and 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.

¬> The Washington Post

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