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Friday, April 24, 2009
Weapons

Combat-Ready High-Powered Microwave E-Bomb In Testing

3:30PM Wilson Rothman | Sci-fi tales are full of electromagnetic-pulse devices that blow out every computer from here to Kalamazoo. But US Army researchers are testing a short skinny high-powered microwave bomb that could actually be used in combat. More »
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Friday, February 13, 2009
Weapons

Army Getting Electro-Magnetic Pulse Grenade to Mess Up Bin Laden’s Xbox

4:20AM Jesus Diaz | Those Pentagon heads have been playing too much Star Wars Republic Commando again, because now they want to give soldiers Electro-Magnetic Pulse grenades, according to the head of the new US Army’s Electronic Warfare Division: More »
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Gadgets

Green, Renewable Microgrids Protect Our Tech From EMPs, Boogeymen

3:00AM Jack Loftus | Their press release reads like a speech from the 2004 GOP presidential convention, but Instant Access Networks still has some pretty cool tech up their sleeves when it comes to protecting our technology from electromagnetic pulses (EMPs). Citing one megaton nuclear bombs over Kansas and rogue terrorist states, IAN says its renewable energy-powered, EMP-protected “microgrids” are just what today’s society needs to protect itself from tomorrow’s unseen threats. More »
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