An HPM weapon is a directed energy device that uses either the radio frequency (RF) or microwave portions of the electromagnetic spectrum to deliver energy on a target so as to cause a disruptive or disabling effect.
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Well you could get everyone off the deck of a ship/boat with that weapon and then board it conventionally.
Well you could get everyone off the deck of a ship/boat with that weapon and then board it conventionally.
An alternative to the taser perhaps?
An alternative to the taser perhaps?
Well you could get everyone off the deck of a ship/boat with that weapon and then board it conventionally.
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An alternative to the taser perhaps?
I wonder if you could tune the microwaves to the resonant frequencies of say AK47 bullet primers? Quickly scan through the characteristic frequencies of every primer and detonator that the enemy uses?
I wonder if you could tune the microwaves to the resonant frequencies of say AK47 bullet primers?Quickly scan through the characteristic frequencies of every primer and detonator that the enemy uses?
Reading the wikipedia article on Active Denial System, apparently it CAN be made into a portable gun.
Reading the wikipedia article on Active Denial System apparently it CAN be made into a portable gun.
OP says it is intended against “a broad spectrum of maritime vessels” so anything that is blocked by the thinnest sheet of aluminium or steel would be at a disadvantage there, even if they didn’t think to put on the tinfoil hats to stop secret US government microwave thought control beams. Which are apparently a thing now (even if the only thought they can induce is “Pain, bad, run”).
OP says it is intended against a broad spectrum of maritime vessels”” so anything that is blocked by the thinnest sheet of aluminium or steel would be at a disadvantage there”””” even if they didn’t think to put on the tinfoil hats to stop secret US government microwave thought control beams. Which are apparently a thing now (even if the only thought they can induce is “”””Pain”” bad”” run””””).”””
I wonder if that 95 GHz emitter could be made into a handgun? A weapon that just makes people run away could be a good thing for self defense.
I wonder if that 95 GHz emitter could be made into a handgun? A weapon that just makes people run away could be a good thing for self defense.
How?
How?
Why not just destroy their fuel supply.
Why not just destroy their fuel supply.
95 G Hertz microwaves have maximum absorption near the skin surface where the nerve receptors for heat are concentrated. The microwaves stimulate these nerve endings directly without actual tissue damage, generating a sensation as if being burned alive. Changes one’s priorities below the level of conscious thought toward escape for survival.
95 G Hertz microwaves have maximum absorption near the skin surface where the nerve receptors for heat are concentrated. The microwaves stimulate these nerve endings directly without actual tissue damage generating a sensation as if being burned alive. Changes one’s priorities below the level of conscious thought toward escape for survival.
It’s pretty depressing when you live in a world where killing someone is considered more humain than crippling them.
It’s pretty depressing when you live in a world where killing someone is considered more humain than crippling them.
Near-instant blindness from 5 kilometers … would be a pretty big violation of the Geneva Convention, I’m guessing. The part about using beam-weapons to blind people. Why its not done ship-to-air against airborne marauders. All that. I share your wonder… what-all are the microwaves supposed to do? Even the flimsiest amount of aluminum foil shielding quite adequately protects against rather incredibly powerful microwave fields. Just consider your kitchen microwave oven and a piece of raw chicken. Wrap “it” in a single layer of household foil, and stick it in the microwave with another bunch of stuff to cook. After 15 minutes on HI, the chicken will still be near-room temperature and raw. As you said… if all the powerful microwaves end up doing is frying a cell phone, then nothing significant has been accomplished. I rather think the powerful microwaves — especially if tunable to quite a number of frequency-hopping wavelengths in real time — could be a DoS denial-of-service mechanism against interlopers wanting to Phone Home or attack based on shore-side telemetry. Break the communications. Unlike our own Marines, most other countries militaries tend to lose independence when they can’t Phone Home or otherwise establish and keep going a functioning top-down command-and-control fabric. Perhaps that is it. Wouldn’t violate the Geneva Convention that way. And “powerful” is relative. Just a few kilowatts … at the right wavelengths … would do, out to 5 km. GoatGuy
Near-instant blindness from 5 kilometers … would be a pretty big violation of the Geneva Convention I’m guessing. The part about using beam-weapons to blind people. Why its not done ship-to-air against airborne marauders. All that. I share your wonder… what-all are the microwaves supposed to do?Even the flimsiest amount of aluminum foil shielding quite adequately protects against rather incredibly powerful microwave fields. Just consider your kitchen microwave oven and a piece of raw chicken. Wrap it”” in a single layer of household foil”” and stick it in the microwave with another bunch of stuff to cook. After 15 minutes on HI the chicken will still be near-room temperature and raw. As you said… if all the powerful microwaves end up doing is frying a cell phone then nothing significant has been accomplished. I rather think the powerful microwaves — especially if tunable to quite a number of frequency-hopping wavelengths in real time — could be a DoS denial-of-service mechanism against interlopers wanting to Phone Home or attack based on shore-side telemetry. Break the communications. Unlike our own Marines”” most other countries militaries tend to lose independence when they can’t Phone Home or otherwise establish and keep going a functioning top-down command-and-control fabric. Perhaps that is it. Wouldn’t violate the Geneva Convention that way.And “”””powerful”””” is relative.Just a few kilowatts … at the right wavelengths … would do”””” out to 5 km.GoatGuy”””””””
I typed “microwave anti personnel” into Google and got: Active Denial System on Wikipedia. Interesting read.
I typed microwave anti personnel”” into Google and got: Active Denial System on Wikipedia. Interesting read.”””
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I wonder if you could tune the microwaves to the resonant frequencies of say AK47 bullet primers?
Quickly scan through the characteristic frequencies of every primer and detonator that the enemy uses?
Reading the wikipedia article on Active Denial System, apparently it CAN be made into a portable gun.
OP says it is intended against “a broad spectrum of maritime vessels” so anything that is blocked by the thinnest sheet of aluminium or steel would be at a disadvantage there, even if they didn’t think to put on the tinfoil hats to stop secret US government microwave thought control beams. Which are apparently a thing now (even if the only thought they can induce is “Pain, bad, run”).
I wonder if that 95 GHz emitter could be made into a handgun? A weapon that just makes people run away could be a good thing for self defense.
How?
I’m not clear on what the microwaves are meant to do. Heat up the personnel until they are too hot to approach any more? Interfere with boat electronics? (Too bad if it’s a stupid low tech outboard dinghy with ripcord start and you only shut down the phone in the driver’s pocket.) Or, maybe it isn’t mentioned because the most vulnerable part of the human body to microwaves is the aqueous humor, the clear jelly inside the eyeball, which reacts like the clear jelly in an egg. In other words it goes white. Instant blindness from 5000 meters. But technically non-lethal. At least until the boat crashes at full speed.
I’m not clear on what the microwaves are meant to do.Heat up the personnel until they are too hot to approach any more? Interfere with boat electronics? (Too bad if it’s a stupid low tech outboard dinghy with ripcord start and you only shut down the phone in the driver’s pocket.)Or maybe it isn’t mentioned because the most vulnerable part of the human body to microwaves is the aqueous humor the clear jelly inside the eyeball which reacts like the clear jelly in an egg. In other words it goes white. Instant blindness from 5000 meters. But technically non-lethal. At least until the boat crashes at full speed.
Why not just destroy their fuel supply.
95 G Hertz microwaves have maximum absorption near the skin surface where the nerve receptors for heat are concentrated. The microwaves stimulate these nerve endings directly without actual tissue damage, generating a sensation as if being burned alive. Changes one’s priorities below the level of conscious thought toward escape for survival.
It’s pretty depressing when you live in a world where killing someone is considered more humain than crippling them.
Near-instant blindness from 5 kilometers … would be a pretty big violation of the Geneva Convention, I’m guessing. The part about using beam-weapons to blind people. Why its not done ship-to-air against airborne marauders. All that.
I share your wonder… what-all are the microwaves supposed to do?
Even the flimsiest amount of aluminum foil shielding quite adequately protects against rather incredibly powerful microwave fields. Just consider your kitchen microwave oven and a piece of raw chicken. Wrap “it” in a single layer of household foil, and stick it in the microwave with another bunch of stuff to cook. After 15 minutes on HI, the chicken will still be near-room temperature and raw.
As you said… if all the powerful microwaves end up doing is frying a cell phone, then nothing significant has been accomplished.
I rather think the powerful microwaves — especially if tunable to quite a number of frequency-hopping wavelengths in real time — could be a DoS denial-of-service mechanism against interlopers wanting to Phone Home or attack based on shore-side telemetry. Break the communications.
Unlike our own Marines, most other countries militaries tend to lose independence when they can’t Phone Home or otherwise establish and keep going a functioning top-down command-and-control fabric.
Perhaps that is it.
Wouldn’t violate the Geneva Convention that way.
And “powerful” is relative.
Just a few kilowatts … at the right wavelengths … would do, out to 5 km.
GoatGuy
I typed “microwave anti personnel” into Google and got: Active Denial System on Wikipedia. Interesting read.
I’m not clear on what the microwaves are meant to do.
Heat up the personnel until they are too hot to approach any more?
Interfere with boat electronics? (Too bad if it’s a stupid low tech outboard dinghy with ripcord start and you only shut down the phone in the driver’s pocket.)
Or, maybe it isn’t mentioned because the most vulnerable part of the human body to microwaves is the aqueous humor, the clear jelly inside the eyeball, which reacts like the clear jelly in an egg. In other words it goes white. Instant blindness from 5000 meters. But technically non-lethal. At least until the boat crashes at full speed.