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Radiofrequency Weapons

Posted by Hemos on from the destroy-the-records dept.

BWJones writes "Global security is running a fairly detailed and interesting story on E-bombs (not email bombs, rather electronic microwave weapons) taken from the IEEE Spectrum Online. We have long known (since the 1940's) about the effects that high energy weapons can have on electronic components from nuclear blasts, but this class of weapons is designed to exclusively attack electronic infrastructure. "

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  1. EMP Weapons of Mass Destruction: +1, Patriotic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Are posing as solar flares.

  2. Test range by i_r_sensitive · · Score: 3, Funny

    All in favor of using Lindon, UT as the test range, say aye. AYE!

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  3. Yay... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    To celebrate, let's rob a high-profile casino using the most convoluted scheme possible. Plan should ideally include witty banter and excessively smug con-men.

  4. Re:Don't they have these in the Matrix? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where are those sentinels things?

  5. Mmmm.... microwave tazer.... by LittleGuy · · Score: 0, Funny

    From the article:

    (There is, however, an effort to build a microwave weapon for controlling crowds; a person subjected to it definitely feels pain and is forced to retreat.)

    Mass-tazering unruly crowds. Interesting concept.

    Unless it's just overcooking a semi-rancid Hot Pocket into a portable microwave. Then I'm not so impressed.

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  6. I'm not worried... by Webtommy88 · · Score: 0, Funny

    I remember one of my Econ profs made the joke in class that if did they detonate a nuke in the atmostsphere back in the cold war days, the Canadian army would still function because their radio equipment ran vacuum tubes.

    I guess its time to bring back the vaccuum tubes!

    Any time the Canadian Army can dominate is pretty funny to me :P, and I am a Canadian

  7. Prior Art by SuperBanana · · Score: 2, Funny
    E-bombs (not email bombs, rather electronic microwave weapons)

    Every time our early-80's GE microwave kicks in, the TV goes all fuzzy. TV's infrastructure. I smell prior art...or is that burning popcorn...

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  8. Can you see it? by newyhouse · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can see the yuppies kneeling over their
    deceased iPods and Clies with tears in their
    eyes and a look of utter despair on their faces.
    Why!!!! Whyyyyyyy!!!!

  9. so now... by spammyy · · Score: 2, Funny

    we have phasers (not handheld versions yet but i'm sure there'll be a time) where's my photon torpedoes and warp drives? *_*

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  10. Holy Cow by jlechem · · Score: 2, Funny

    Some of those bombs could give new meaning to "slashdotting a server".

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  11. Boom Cars by mezron · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'd just like to have a little hand held device that I could use on those cars that I inevitably get stuck next to in traffic, the ones with the bass that thumps so hard it makes my mirrors vibrate. Man it'd be so cool to just go "zap" and see those guys start fiddling with thier stereos in panic when it stops working.
    Not sure if the blast could be focused like that or not... it's fun to think about though.

  12. Re:Don't they have these in the Matrix? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    1994 called, they want their gratuitous lens flare back.

  13. Just like CB radio ..... by scharkalvin · · Score: 2, Funny

    A QRM bomb!