The beam is much broader than your musings imply. They can't just step out of the beam. They have get far away from the source. Still they could probalby manage to run towards you and set off their bomb belt. Although the closer they got, the hotter they would feel. They could not even manage spray and pray with an AK.
"The beam is much broader than your musings imply. They can't just step out of the beam. They have get far away from the source. Still they could probalby manage to run towards you and set off their bomb belt. Although the closer they got, the hotter they would feel. They could not even manage spray and pray with an AK."
I will simply accept your explanation. It is not like me to just go half cocked on something I do not understand.
What I should have done is see if there is any information on the unit available instead of "pre-judging" it.
I would be interested in how well they have downsized the electronics including providing a sufficient size Magnetron or Klystron, associated power packs to last any reasonable amount of time, as well as what type microwave wave-guide they have installed into the "gun's barrel", so to speak to actually provide a microwave beam of sufficient conical area, with sufficient joule output to actually penetrate clothing and burn the skin over a few hundred foot area linear distance to target. This all packed into a hand held gun. Or perhaps it is not a hand held unit, but something larger that must be mounted on a vehicle then obviously my negativism evaporates as far as what it is capable of doing.
Interesting to say the least. Obviously you know something I don't as how effective this unit is.