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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Pulsed High-Power Microwave Source Technology

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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document from the Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 28 January 2010, surveys pulsed high-power microwave (HPM) source technology. It was produced under the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) program. It covers insulation, cathode materials, high-voltage switching, pulse generators, microwave sources such as magnetrons, gyrotrons and the Phoenix and Jolt sources, and antennas. The document concludes that progress depends on advances in cathodes, switching and insulation. It says compact ultrawideband antennas will remain difficult to build.

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  • p. 7 …The goal of such a weapon is to disable communications and computer systems prior to any…
  • p. 26 …Although vircators' simplicity is a major advantage, their very low efficiency poses real problems for weaponization…
  • p. 28 …The ADS is effective as a less-than-lethal weapon for crowd dispersal. The radiation passes…
28 January 2010
ICOD: 1 December 2009
DIA-08-0912-005
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