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Russia offers new radio frequency weapons
Bloomberg - copied/pasted - no url | 10/25/01

Posted on 10/25/2001 7:20:19 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker

MOSCOW, Oct. 25 /CNW/ - At the recent Malaysia's Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition LIMA 2001, Russia presented two radio frequency weapons, the Ranets-E and the Rosa-E.

Analysts view them as a completely new type of electronic warfare weapons, which are being developed by leading world nations now. These arms are expected to bring electronic and information warfare to an entirely new level.

Ranets-E and Rosa-E represent non-flying weapon systems, which have been developed by Russian researchers since the late 1990s. State arms exporter Rosoboronexport, which was then called Rosvooruzheniye, initiated the export- oriented research on the creation of radio frequency arms, based on new physics principles and Russian know-how. The research has been based on the assumption that it is possible to disable not only pointing systems of high precision arms, but also their electric circuits by generating certain levels of electromagnetic radiation.

Research has been carried out on many of the new variety of radio frequency weapons projects. The cooperation between the state arms exporter and military researchers resulted in the preparation of two commercially oriented projects, Ranets-E and Rosa-E, which can be offered to potential clients.

The Ranets-E project involves the creation of a mobile radio frequency defense system against high precision weapons. The system consists of an antenna system, a high-capacity power generator, control and measuring equipment, and an energy supply sub-system. Ranets-E can be installed on a stationary or mobile base.

Its output capacity exceeds 500 megawatts; Ranets-E works in the centimeter wave frequency-range and produces impulses of 10-20 nanoseconds. Ranets-E radio frequency cannon is capable of incapacitating an enemy's high precision weapons in a radius of 10 kilometers and ensuring all around defense in a 60-degree-angle sector. The system is expected to disable missiles' pointing and electric systems.

The high capacity interference station Rosa-E is designed to bring down enemy's radar systems. It has a range of 500 kilometers. Rosa-E can be installed in an aircraft when produced in a modified casing weighing 600-1,500 kilograms. Rosa-E's input capacity is 50-100 kilowatts, its output capacity is 5-10 kilowatts. Rosa-E also works in the centimeter wave frequency range.

Clients may not purchase a finished product or the technical documentation of either model. Potential customers need to clearly define their tactical and technical preferences as well as finance the Russian researchers' and producers' work. After this, their request will be accepted or denied. If accepted, they can receive a model after concluding a special agreement. The model can be tested at a military range.


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I don't understand any of this, but I thought some FReepers might find it of interest.
1 posted on 10/25/2001 7:20:19 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker
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To: NativeNewYorker
Electronic circuit scrambler would be a good way of putting it. Induced voltage interference.
2 posted on 10/25/2001 7:26:13 AM PDT by okie_tech
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To: Medium Rare
I thought you might find this of interest.
3 posted on 10/25/2001 7:28:20 AM PDT by the crow
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To: NativeNewYorker
In other words, it looks like it will make smart bombs into dumb bombs, cruise missles useless, and targeting systems, such as those in tanks, useless. Also, it probably interferes with radar and radio communication.
4 posted on 10/25/2001 7:31:50 AM PDT by SpottedBeaver
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To: NativeNewYorker
The concept is nothing new.

Some Aspects of Anti-Personnel Electromagnetic Weapons:
http://www.parascope.com/articles/0797/em2.htm

HERF High Energy Radio Frequency Page:
http://www.codexdatasystems.com/herf.html

HAARP Home Page: 
http://server5550.itd.nrl.navy.mil/projects/haarp/haarpIndex.html

Noise: 
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/fishattorney/sub.html

Many people that have been hearing a very high pitched sound,
since the early 90's, and similar to that of an old black and white TV,
have been diagnosed with a "new type of tinnitus". The sound
however, makes people ill, with shoulder and neck aches, and
a feeling of disarray; confusion, headaches and lethargic feelings.

Doctors fail to do proper testing that would indicate that the sound
is quite real, and that of low radio frequency harmonics that are
extending into the human hearing spectrum. Instead they prescribe
pills.

Interesting, huh?

5 posted on 10/25/2001 7:38:54 AM PDT by Deep_6
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To: NativeNewYorker
"I don't understand any of this..."

Of course, not, you will have to ask Dan Rather "What's the frequency, Kenneth?"

6 posted on 10/25/2001 7:44:46 AM PDT by APBaer
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To: NativeNewYorker
Isn't a Faraday Cage the solution to shielding against a weapon like this?
7 posted on 10/25/2001 7:49:02 AM PDT by laosland
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To: NativeNewYorker; Deep_6
My neighbor has been bombarding me with the sound from his straight-piped Harley several times a day....I don't twitch too much.
8 posted on 10/25/2001 7:52:20 AM PDT by beowolf
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To: beowolf
Good time to play that Yoko Ono album.
9 posted on 10/25/2001 7:53:56 AM PDT by Deep_6
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To: NativeNewYorker
Man, this sounds great if it will work against those damn "Booming" car stereo systems.
10 posted on 10/25/2001 7:55:49 AM PDT by chuknospam
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re:
"..Man, this sounds great if it will work against those
damn "Booming" car stereo systems...."

I carry a ball-bat under the front seat just for that purpose.
I found the noise of it bouncing off the roof of the offending
vehicle usually quiets it quite rapidly.

 

11 posted on 10/25/2001 7:58:47 AM PDT by Deep_6
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To: NativeNewYorker
Aren't there already anti-radiation missles that can do away easily with such systems?
12 posted on 10/25/2001 7:58:50 AM PDT by lavaroise
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To: NativeNewYorker
Hmmmm. So if we put one of these on a sattelite and directed it's energy in a cone it could disable a large area. Perhaps an area large enough to stop ballistic missiles launched from an area the size of the mid-east. Sounds like that would provide a relatively cheap missile shield.
13 posted on 10/25/2001 8:12:23 AM PDT by Brett66
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Man, this sounds great if it will work against those damn "Booming" car stereo systems. <p Maybe the Ruskies will sell personal versions for that purpose. Aim at the offending radio and zap!
14 posted on 10/25/2001 8:22:40 AM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: okie_tech
A sort of EMP weapon.
15 posted on 10/25/2001 8:29:58 AM PDT by Stavka2
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To: AmericaUnited
Maybe the Ruskies will sell personal versions for that purpose.

I definitely want on that customer list!

16 posted on 10/25/2001 8:31:31 AM PDT by Brett66
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To: NativeNewYorker; *tech_index
Good find.

The weapons discussed put out electromagnetic pulses (EMP)of such strength that they fry electrical circuits.

The military was rightly concerned for years that a nuclear explosion puts out such a high level of EMP that it would fry circuits for hundreds of miles (in the case of a high altitude air blast of the nuke).

In order to protect against the EMP disabling military systems, specific measures were used and the military would test the system using an antenna array outputting EMP that would simulate the EMP from a nuke. Thus, their simulators would likely share some common characteristics with these new Ruskie weapons. Also, they likely could test vulnerability to the new Russian weapons.

The U.S. Navy tested its ships (and those of allies) by using the EMPRESS systems.

However, these structures, that likely cost millions to build, have been dismantled. A certain impeached former president insisted on dismantling because it would show the Ruskies that we were disarming. This was against the express advice of his then Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin Powell, who said we could mothball the structures at little or no cost in case we needed them later. But no, TRIM-X-POTUS insisted that DOD spend big bucks to dismantle them.

Summarizing, and considering that other services EMP testing systems were also dismantled, mothballed or reduced, TRIM-X-POTUS' treasonous actions have left us much more vulnerable to this type of weapon or at least with greatly reduced capacity to test for vulnerability.

17 posted on 10/25/2001 8:36:02 AM PDT by BillF
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To: Deep_6
You have mail
18 posted on 10/25/2001 8:41:51 AM PDT by sadamico
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To: NativeNewYorker
Broad band EMP jamming, interesting. Of course, it does absolutely no good if the system isn't turned when a weapon is incoming. Problem #2, you turn this baby on and everyone within a thousand miles can pinpoint the position from the radiated signal, then just lob some hard bombs at it. For every electronic counter measure, there is a counter-counter measure.
19 posted on 10/25/2001 9:57:27 AM PDT by ScreamingFist
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To: laosland
Isn't a Faraday Cage the solution to shielding against a weapon like this?

You can shield the weapon with a Farday cage, but then how do you communicate with it? If its a smart set and forget weapon (e. g., with an optical targeting system) shielding ought to work. But if you have to radio guide it, shielding keeps out your radio signal. I'm speaking as an electrical engineer, not as anyone with any weapons knowledge.

20 posted on 10/25/2001 10:01:28 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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