Radiofrequency Weapons could revolutionize warfare by denying the use of advanced electronic systems that modern militaries have become reliant upon for nearly all functions of warfare. RF weapons could disrupt and destroy computer-processing units onboard hi-tech cruise missiles, fire control radars on ships, electro-optical sensors, and sensitive electronics found on state-of-the-art fighters and bombers-all at the speed of light. The U.S.Navys surface and subsurface platforms need an over-the-horizon radiofrequency weapon in order to disrupt adversary decision-making and deny the adversary's mission capability by degrading or destroying critical electronic systems at extended ranges.
RF Weapon Delivery from Naval Platforms
2018
30 pages
Report
No indication
English
Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics , Electromagnetic pulses , Electromagnetic spectra , Weapon delivery , High power microwave , Optical detectors , Weapons effects , Directed energy weapons , Anti-radiation missiles , Naval warfare , Electronic warfare , Information warfare , Information operations , Cyberwarfare , Radio frequency weapons , Electronic attack , Maritime warfare