Secret 'E-Bomb' Appears Ready for Battlefield Test

[Grasshopper27]

U.S. forces may use a new "e-bomb" during the expected invasion of Iraq as part of a 21st century blitzkrieg designed to render Saddam Hussein's forces blind, deaf, dumb and incapable of retaliation.

The highly classified bomb creates a brief pulse of microwaves powerful enough to fry computers, blind radar, silence radios, trigger crippling power outages and disable the electronic ignitions in vehicles and aircraft.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,81595,00.html

 

[AtomicDude512]

Yow. Pretty impressive. I wonder if it would be harmful to human life...

 

[bolomite]

that's what Don Cheadle used in Ocean's Eleven

just remember to cover your genitals

 

[Grasshopper27]

Originally posted by: bolomite
that's what Don Cheadle used in Ocean's Eleven

LOL!

Yes, it is...

But we don't have a version that will take out a city i'm afraid... Pure movie effect there...

: ) Hopper

 

[Dragnov]

I'd cry if an e-bomb fried my computer.

Who cares bout the radars, radios, tvs, etc..

 

[bolomite]

if the U.S. military wants to mess with Iraqi computers, just have commandos sneak in and load M$ software onto their systems

 

[Glitchny]

Originally posted by: AtomicDude512
Yow. Pretty impressive. I wonder if it would be harmful to human life...

it sayts multiple times in the article that is harmless to humans

 

[HappyPuppy]

This was in the news several months ago. They have to be targeted very accurately, within 100-200 meters, to be effective.

 

[dpm]

Shhh..... its secret!

 

[Aves]

This will be good for taking out their supercomputers.

 

[boi]

Originally posted by: aves2k
This will be good for taking out their supercomputers.

I don't see any supercomputers

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: boi

Originally posted by: aves2k
This will be good for taking out their supercomputers.

I don't see any supercomputers

It was mainly a joke.

"Applications for this system are potentially frightening," the intelligence source said. "One expert I spoke with estimated that an integrated bundle of 12-15 PlayStations could provide enough computer power to control an Iraqi unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV -- a pilotless aircraft."

The reason that Hussein is allegedly importing PS2s instead of supercomputers is because PS2s, which are considered videogame systems, are not included in the United Nations sanctions clause. And the present United Nations sanctions prohibit the sale and or transfer of nearly all kinds of technology and computer hardware to Iraq.

 

[everman]

Why do we need a bomb to make them deaf, dumb and incapable? They already are

 

[Wag]

it sayts multiple times in the article that is harmless to humans

X-Rays were once considered so innocuous that it was used in novelty devices by shoe companies.

 

[SnapIT]

Originally posted by: Wag

it sayts multiple times in the article that is harmless to humans

X-Rays were once considered so innocuous that it was used in novelty devices by shoe companies.

Makes you wonder why they step out of the room nowdays...

There have been numerous diseases caused by war materials that have never been even presented...

What it really means is that it has never been tested on a larger amount of people...