This is CHAMP : Boeing ’s new missile otherwise known as the Counter - electronics luxuriously - powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project . It automatically disables PCs and other electronic devices as it soar through the skies , using a burst of powerful wireless wave — and it wassuccessfully test last week .
The title-holder tests took place in the Western Utah Desert on October 16th . As it flew by a two - taradiddle construction , its on - board microwave system close down every piece of electronic equipment run inside the place . In fact , the trial extend so well that it handicap all the cameras recording the event , too . Oops . CHAMP programme manager Keith Colemanseems positive about the trial :
“ This engineering distinguish a newfangled era in mod - 24-hour interval warfare . In the near future , this engineering may be used to render an enemy ’s electronic and datum system useless even before the first troops or aircraft arrive … . [ W]e made scientific discipline fiction science fact . ”
Right on , brother . It does , however , rest unclear when — or if — it will ever see defensive structure deployment . But as non - lethal warfare get , crippling a country ’s electronic base sure seems like a good road to take . [ BoeingviaVerge ]
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