[AMRadio] Coming Soon -- Microwave Gun

[Peter Markavage]

Probably could drop some people in their tracks if they're driving the
car and using some of the newer pacemakers.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:29:23 -0500 "Ed Sieb" <esieb at sympatico.ca> writes:
> Received via email; source unattributed.
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> 
> Coming Soon -- Microwave Gun That Can Destroy Your Car From 600 Feet 
> Away
> 
> 
> A Pasadena, California company has created a device that will 
> destroy a car’
> s electrical system and stop it dead in its tracks. Just one pulse 
> from this
> beam disables cars up to 50 feet away.
> 
> How does it work? One beam pulsed in a burst lasting just 50 
> nanoseconds
> disrupts your vehicle's electrical system. The radiation can 
> overload wires,
> or damage or upset your car's central microprocessor.
> 
> Their prototype is 5 feet long, 3 feet wide, 1 foot thick, and 
> weighs just
> under 200 pounds. With proper funding, it may be possible to create 
> a device
> weighing only 50 pounds that works from 600 feet away.
> 
> It operates on the same general principle as a microwave oven, but 
> at a 300
> megahertz frequency, rather than your standard microwave oven, which
> operates at about 2.5 gigahertz. It is said to be non-harmful to 
> humans.
> 
> Sources:
> Slashgear December 4, 2007
>
http://www.slashgear.com/microwave-beam-used-to-stop-cars-dead-048821.php
> 
> Discovery News November 29, 2007
> http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/11/29/engine-car-stop-02.html
> 
> Eureka Aerospace HPEMS Technology Description
> http://eurekaaerospace.com/hpems.php