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CHAMP missiles: The "magic bullet?"
By RONALD KESSLER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 12:42 EDT, 16 May 2019 | UPDATED: 16:06 EDT, 16 May 2019
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Air Force has deployed 20 missiles that could zap the military electronics of North Korea or Iran with super powerful microwaves, rendering their military capabilities virtually useless with NO COLLATERAL DAMAGE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7037549/Air-Force-deployed-20-missiles-fry-military-electronics-North-Korea-Iran.html
Known as the Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP), the missiles were built by Boeing's Phantom Works for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
The microwave weapons can be launched into enemy airspace at low altitude and emit sharp pulses of high power microwave energy that disable any electronic devices targeted
Mary Lou Robinson, the chief of the High Power Microwave Division of the Air Force Research Lab has confirmed to DailyMail.com that the missiles are now operational and ready to take out any target
While North Korea or Iran may attempt to shield their equipment, U.S. officials doubt that would be effective against CHAMP.
The microwave weapons can be launched into enemy airspace at low altitude and emit sharp pulses of high power microwave energy that disable any electronic devices targeted
Mary Lou Robinson, the chief of the High Power Microwave Division of the Air Force Research Lab has confirmed to DailyMail.com that the missiles are now operational and ready to take out any target
While North Korea or Iran may attempt to shield their equipment, U.S. officials doubt that would be effective against CHAMP.
Quite a bit more at the link.
The CHAMP missile concept was being promoted today (5.20) on Channel A News Top Ten in South Korea as the antidote for the North Korean missile threat.