CHAMP missile test flight knocks out electronic devices with a burst of energy
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Artist's impression of the CHAMP missile
Artist's impression of the CHAMP missile launching
Artist's impression of a CHAMP missile attack
Artist's impression of the CHAMP missile showing the narrow microwave beam
Computer targets before a CHAMP missile test attack
Computer targetsafter a CHAMP missile test attack
Artist's impression of a CHAMP missile attack
Article Summary
This week, science fiction became science fact as a Boeing CHAMP missile knocked out a building full of electronics in the Utah desert at Hill Air Force Base. There was no explosion and no flying shrapnel. There was only the sound of the missile’s engine as it flew overhead and the sputtering of sophisticated computers crashing as they were hit by a beam of high-energy microwaves.
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