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1 April 2015

The U.S. Air Force Has a Computer-Killing Cruise Missile

By JAMES DREW

The U.S. Air Force has been turning old cruise missiles into computer-destroying weapons of mass disruption.

It’s known as CHAMP, or the Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project. Designed to conduct non-lethal electronic attacks on cities, the device can fly over densely populated areas and hit targets with powerful, precise shots of microwave energy.

The effect is comparable to the electromagnetic pulse from a high-altitude nuclear explosion, except smaller and targeted far more precisely. Which means you don’t have to blow stuff up.

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