Big Brother’s New Toy: An EMP Cruise Missile

John Galt provides a great take on new Boeing EMP cruise weapon: "Just when you thought it was safe to leave your electronics out of the Faraday cage for a day or two, along comes Boeing with a new toy for Big Brother; a cruise missile which emits a microwave burst of energy which creates an electro- magnetic pulse (EMP) as it flies by disabling all electronic devices. In a story from Gizmodo, a test was conducted last week and per the article by Jamie Condlieffe:

'The CHAMP [Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project] tests took place in the Western Utah Desert on October 16th. As it flew by a two-story building, its on-board microwave system shut down every piece of electronic equipment running inside the place. In fact, the test went so well that it disabled all the cameras recording the event, too.'"

Thanks goes to Shenandoah for link to original Gizmodo article!