[MLB-WIRELESS] US unveils chip-zapping 'lightning bomb' to tackle Saddam

[Barry Park]

And I thought a microwave bomb was feeding rik a couple of large tins of baked 
beans. Oh well.
- Barry

US unveils chip-zapping 'lightning bomb' to tackle Saddam
By John Leyden <mailto:john.leyden at theregister.co.uk>
Posted: 21/01/2003 at 10:26 GMT
Remember the neutron bomb, the radiation-rich atomic weapon of the 1980s 
designed to kill people while leaving buildings intact?

Well now we have a weapon suited for 21st century war - designed to fry 
electronics while leaving people, mostly, unharmed. Allegedly.

High-Power microwave bombs are "man-made lightning bolts crammed into cruise 
missiles", Time (somewhat breathlessly describing the bomb as potentially the 
next "wonder weapon") reports 
<http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101030127/nmicro.html>.

More at http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/28942.html


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