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It substitues pure energy for munitions. It is designed to achieve military objectives without killing things or wrecking buildings.And Saddam Husseins armed forces may be chosen as the first target of the US Military's new secret weapon.The US Air Force is developing high power microwave, or HPM, weapon that generates a massive electromagnetic pulse capable of frying the inside of digital electronic systems, disabling enemy military equipment, analysts said. While the weapon is top secret and details about it are classified, analyists say development is far enough along that they expect the military to use an HPM weapon for the...

Massive attack The "e-bomb" is to the digital world what kryptonite was to Superman: rare, elusive and deadly. The e-bomb, as developed by engineers in the United States, Britain and Russia doesn't kill people or destroy buildings. Rather, it uses either electromagnetic pulse, microwaves or radio frequencies to destroy electronic circuits from a distance. In friendly hands, it offers the tantalising prospect of winning wars without hurting people. In enemy hands, it threatens a nightmare scenario of instantly blacked-out stock exchanges, hospitals, airports - even whole cities. Although reports of US Air Force e-bomb tests have leaked out since 1993,...

The Scoop: Although anything original is generally worth a look in the summer, minimal support from lead-in Beyond Belief: Fact of Fiction, competition from CBS's still red-hot CSI (which even in repeats delivers significantly) and Fox's poor track-record in this genre are three reasons why The Pulse is unlikely to succeed. As much as Fox would like to think Bill O'Reilly is still a huge draw one look at the ratings for his occasional primetime specials and it's obvious the controversial loud-mouth is losing steam. Ditto for Geraldo Rivera, whose once prosperous ratings days as a syndicated talk show host...

So how many Freepers are going to watch the new newsmagazine show on broadcast Fox tommorrow? To get up to speed, see this previous thread. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/684085/posts. It's featuring Geraldo Rivera, Bill O'Reilly, anchored by Shepherd Smith. I also believe Laurie Dhue is going to be on the show based on some of the ads I've seen for it. I think I'll check it out. I wonder if it'll get off the ground.