Microwave weapons

[bobbymike]

I imagine these weapons could be used as "crowd control".

And making huge bags of popcorn

 

[Orionblamblam]

I imagine these weapons could be used as "crowd control".

And making huge bags of popcorn

Everybody wants to rule the world.

 

[bobbymike]

I imagine these weapons could be used as "crowd control".

And making huge bags of popcorn

Everybody wants to rule the world.

Takes a Real Genius to post that response

 

[aonestudio]

The Navy Is Betting Big On High-Power Microwave Weapons

Lasers dominate discussions about U.S. Navy directed energy weapons, but the service formed a new office devoted to systems that fire microwave beams.

www.thedrive.com

 

[AN/AWW-14(V)]

microwave generator was designed by ukraine company Yuzhnoye DO

КБ "Південне" розробило електромагнітний генератор, що має збивати БПЛА | Defense Express

Розробка від "Південного" може згенерувати електромагнітний імпульс, якого вистачить "закоротити" системи як мінімум комерційних БПЛА типу DJI Phantom

defence-ua.com

 

[TomcatViP]

I can already see Russian armies enlisting... Cats!

(Dark Vador theme)

 

[Forest Green]

US Navy wirelessly beams 1.6 kW of power a kilometer using microwaves

In what it describes as the most significant demonstration of its kind in half a century, the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) beamed 1.6 kW of power over a kilometer (3,280 ft) using a microwave beam at the US Army Research Field in Maryland.

newatlas.com

 

[steelpillow]

US Navy wirelessly beams 1.6 kW of power a kilometer using microwaves

In what it describes as the most significant demonstration of its kind in half a century, the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) beamed 1.6 kW of power over a kilometer (3,280 ft) using a microwave beam at the US Army Research Field in Maryland.

newatlas.com

Not a beam weapon, just to supply the admiral's phone charger.

 

[publiusr]

Good for space solar power. The only Death Ray that ever worked was by accident…the Therac-25.

Still want to know if the “Ellipton” was real…

 

[Forest Green]

Good for space solar power. The only Death Ray that ever worked was by accident…the Therac-25.

Still want to know if the “Ellipton” was real…

Seems pretty far fetched that a Nikolai Tesla experiment accidentally caused the Tunguska event.

 

[TomcatViP]

c'mon...

 

[Forest Green]

c'mon...

The History Channel offers alternate explanation.

 

[edwest4]

I can already see Russian armies enlisting... Cats!

(Dark Vador theme)

After a series of experiments and tests, I have determined that cats do not emit microwaves.

 

[publiusr]

There may be some abandoned hospitals with old medical equipment a tinkerer could get reckless with. A therac 25 atop a hearse with some cutting lasers in place of some headlights.

 

[Forest Green]

US Navy, Air Force running ‘capstone test’ of new high-power microwave missile

The High-Powered Joint Electromagnetic Non-Kinetic Strike Weapon (HiJENKS) uses microwave technology to disable an adversary’s electronic systems.

us.yahoo.com

 

[aonestudio]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1582369731461337088

View: https://twitter.com/EpirusInc/status/1582369731461337088

 

[Forest Green]

It certainly told those drones where Sparta was. Can it cook chickens too?

 

[aonestudio]

U.S. Army Awards Epirus $66.1M Contract for Leonidas™ Directed Energy System — Epirus, Inc.

Company selected for U.S. Army’s Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High-Power Microwave Program

www.epirusinc.com

 

[aonestudio]

AFRL conducts swarm technology demonstration

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, conducted a demonstration, April 5, 2023, of its high-power microwave counter drone weapon, the Tactical High-power

www.afrl.af.mil

 

[aonestudio]

https://www.rtx.com/news/news-center/2023/12/19/rtxs-raytheon-to-build-defensive-microwave-antenna-systems-for-u-s-military

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, will design, build and test two high-power microwave antenna systems that will use directed energy to defeat airborne threats at the speed of light. The systems are designed to be rugged and transportable for front-line deployment.

Under the three-year, $31.3 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Raytheon will deliver prototype systems to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force as part of the Directed Energy Front-line Electromagnetic Neutralization and Defeat (DEFEND) program.
"Non-kinetic defense systems are a key part of America's national defense strategy," said Colin Whelan, president of Advanced Technology at Raytheon. "The new iterations of Raytheon's high-power microwave systems are cost-effective and reliable solutions that operate at the speed of light – enabling our warfighters to defend against faster and more maneuverable threats."

 

[aonestudio]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1738268315997384756

View: https://twitter.com/epirus/status/1738268315997384756

 

[bobbymike]

Raytheon prototyping directed-energy zappers for US Air Force, Navy

“Non-kinetic defense systems are a key part of America’s national defense strategy,” said Colin Whelan, the president of advanced technology at Raytheon.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[Scott Kenny]

Hrm. What exactly is the motivation for circulating such info?
Help the foreign spies not miss it?

Tell (insert power here) that we already have systems to deal with their drone swarms?

The real question is does it cook passing pigeon's?

They can, yes. Usually takes a couple hundred kilowatts emitted power to cook a bird in flight, though. Or, if the bird is stupid enough to land on the antenna, 1kw+ will blast it off the antenna. (Had a seagull land on one of the radio masts. We transmitted something, seagull fell off the mast.)

 

[Forest Green]

Navy's Rush To Test Microwave Weapons Tied To Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Fears

The Navy wants high-power microwave systems to help ships conserve other weapons, specially ones capable of downing ballistic missiles.

www.twz.com

 

[Forest Green]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1785094236062273968

View: https://x.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1785094236062273968