Directed Energy Weapons and Electromagnetic Bombs

Last Updated: Mon Jan 27 11:18:09 UTC 2014

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The nascent technology of Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) and Electromagnetic Bombs (E-bombs) will revolutionise many aspects of modern warfare. While immature, this technology will permit new offensive and defensive techniques against a wide range of targets. These non-nuclear weapons provide tactical options which did not exist decades ago, when nuclear High-altitude Electro Magnetic Pulse (HEMP) weapons were the principal capability in this domain.

This website will post a selection of relevant articles and papers.

Microwave Directed Energy Weapon and E-Bomb Topics

Carlo Kopp	AOC and IOI: IO/EW/Cyber Operations International Conference	Oct 2012	E-Bombs vs. Pervasive Infrastructure Vulnerability
Carlo Kopp	Air Power Australia	Jan 2012	E-Bomb Frequently Asked Questions
Carlo Kopp	Air Power Australia	May 2008	Ranets E High Power Microwave Directed Energy Weapon
Carlo Kopp	RAAF APSC WP15	Jul 1993	A Doctrine for the Use of Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons [PDF]
Carlo Kopp	Air & Space Power Chronicles, Maxwell AFB	1996	The Electromagnetic Bomb - a Weapon of Electrical Mass Destruction Russian Translation Part 1, Part 2 Mirror@GlobalSecurity.org, Mirror@APA
Carlo Kopp	InfoWARcon 5 Conf Washington DC	Sep 1996	The E-bomb - A Weapon of Electrical Mass Destruction [PDF Slides]
Carlo Kopp	RAAF APSC WP50	Jun 1995	An Introduction to the Technical and Operational Aspect of the Electromagnetic Bomb [PDF]
Carlo Kopp	Journal of Electronic Defense	Mar 2003	E-Bombs Away! (EC Monitor)
Necati Ertekin	Naval Postgraduate School MEng Thesis	Sep 2008	E-Bomb: The Key Element of the Contemporary Military-Technical Revolution
Robert J. Capozzella, LtCol, USAF	Research Report Air War College	Feb 2010	High Power Microwaves on the Future Battlefield: Implications for US Defense
Eileen Walling, Col, USAF	Center for Strategy and Technology Air War College	May 2000	High Power Microwaves: Strategic and Operational Implications for Warfare
Alexander B. Prischepenko	Popular Mechanics Seminar	Nov 2010	Video (Russian language): Electromagnetic Weapons: Myths and Reality

HPM E-Bomb / NCIS LA Episode 3.11 (Dec 2011) Higher Power

Nuclear High-altitude Electro Magnetic Pulse Topics

William Graham et al	EMP Commission	Apr 2008	Report of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack
Irving Mindel	Defense Nuclear Agency	Oct 1977	EMP Awareness Course Notes, 3rd Ed
Philip Dolan	Defense Nuclear Agency	Jul 1978	Capabilities of Nuclear Weapons: Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Phenomena
Conrad Longmire	LNLL	June 1986	Justification and Verification of High-Altitude EMP Theory
Tesche F.M. et al	Defense Nuclear Agency	Feb 1992	Magnetohydrodynamic Electromagnetic Pulse (MHD-EMP) Interaction with Power Transmission And Distribution Systems
Steven Chavin et al	Defense Nuclear Agency	Aug 1979	MHDEMP Code Simulation of Starfish
Barnes P.R. et al	Defense Nuclear Agency	Sep 1993	MHD-EMP Analysis and Protection
Edward Conrad et al	Defense Threat Reduction Agency	Aug 2010	Collateral Damage to Satellites from an EMP Attack
Steven McGrath, Capt, USMC	Naval Postgraduate School MSc Thesis	Mar 1992	The Electromagnetic Pulse Environment and its Influence on Tactical Electronic and Communications Equipment
Ralph Johler	INSTITUTE FOR TELECOMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND AERONOMY	Dec 1966	Electromagnetic Pulse Propagation in the Normal Terrestrial Waveguide Environment
Technical Report	Office of Technology & Standards	June 1988	The Effects of High-altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) on Telecommunications Assets
Kruse V.J. et al	Department of Energy	Apr 1991	Impacts of a Nominal Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse on Electric Power Systems
Kevin Cogan	U.S. Army War College	Sep 2010	“IN THE DARK” Military Planning for a Catastrophic Critical Infrastructure Event (HEMP/Solar)
Robert Oreskovic, Col, US Army	U.S. Army War College	Mar 2011	Electromagnetic Pulse - a Catastrophic Threat the the Homeland
Thomas Riddle, LtCol, US Army	U.S. Army War College	May 2004	Nuclear High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse: Implications for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense
Colin Miller	Center for Strategy and Technology Air War College	Nov 2005	Electromagnetic Pulse Threats in 2010
Vincent Ellis	Harry Diamond Laboratories	Jun 1989	Consumer Electronics Testing to Fast-Rise EMP
Pierce J.R. et al	National Research Council	Aug 1984	Evaluation of Methodologies for Estimating Vulnerability to Electromagnetic Pulse Effects
Antti Pulkkinen	University of Helsinki	Aug 2003	Geomagnetic Induction During Highly Disturbed Space Weather Conditions: Studies of Ground Effects
Carlo Kopp	Air Power Australia	Jan 2012	Operations Hardtack and Fishbowl High Altitude Test Imagery [HEMP Primer]

Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack

EMPACT America Website

Nuclear E-Bomb Primer

Laser Directed Energy Weapon Topics

Carlo Kopp	Air Power Australia	May 2008	High Energy Laser Directed Energy Weapons
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	Dec 2008	High Energy Laser air defence weapons [PDF]
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	May 2006	Directed Energy Weapons Part 1 [PDF]
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	Jul 2006	Directed Energy Weapons Part 2 [PDF]
Carlo Kopp	Defence Today	Nov 2006	Directed Energy Weapons Part 3 [PDF]
Carlo Kopp	Australian Aviation	Dec 1981	High Energy Laser Weapons

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