[Types_with_Fist]

I like the Post. But how can they use the word "secret" in this report? Today's News

[Lancey Howard]

MICROWAVE BOMB OUR SECRET WEAPON

I hope nobody finds out about it.

[Mr. Mojo]

The program is so secret, the Pentagon has not released pictures involving it, nor explained precisely how it will work.

Secret? I read a long article about this "secret" program in Popular Mechanics about a year ago, and it went into fairly elaborate detail.

[EternalVigilance]

[FBD]

Ping to Grampa Dave

I think this is the weapon we were discussing.
You were talking about a pulse weapon...

I had seen a rumor about a powerful laser weapon mounted on a military version of the 707; would be it be called a KC-135?

This says a C-130 w/ 2 billion watts of microwave power...gotta be nuclear. Wow.

[.45MAN]

Read an article about this in the "NASA Briefs" Monthly about a year ago. Thhe unit that I saw mounts on the back on a HumVee.....

[prisoner6]

or fired from a special radar gun mounted on a C-130 transport jet.

Admittedly I haven't read about the weapon in detail but I'm wondering if it indeed creates a EMP pulse or wave, how does one protect the C130? I would imagine it would be very difficult to aim and focus the expanding pulse.

Then again, I ain't no scientist, although I play one in my mind.

prisoner6

[Cindy]

No, it's not a secret.
How do I know?
I can read the article here and on the NYPOST.com site.

[Lion's Cub]

The program is so secret, the Pentagon has not released pictures involving it, nor explained precisely how it will work.

Doesn't matter what the the Pentagon does or does not release. Since it was developd at the National Labs, our enemies already have the plans. Heck, with all the manufacturing base overseas, they probably have more than we do by now...

[Bullish]

This is so secret that everybody's talking about it.

[austinite]

Unamed sources at the Pentgon say the only real defense against the E-bomb is a good tinfoil helmet....

[Rain-maker]

High-power microwave (HPM) / E-Bomb

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/hpm.htm

[PJ-Comix]

Also known as the "E-bomb," the HPM is designed to zap electronics, scramble computer programs and fry communications links.

Yeah, but will it microwave my gourmet popcorn when I get the middle-of-the-night munchies?

[Search4Truth]

Maybe they can create a bomb that causes reproductive sterilization. That would provide a more long-term solution. :)

[RoughDobermann]

C-130 transport jet.

"Jet?" Well, that'll be a big surprise for the pilots...