The US Air Force received electromagnetic cruise missiles for service.

The United States Air Force has adopted cruise missiles with pulsed electromagnetic emitters. They are developed under the program CHAMP (Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project). New missiles are designed to disable the electronic systems of the enemy.

Three US companies were simultaneously involved in the project implementation - these were Boeing, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. In 2012, the first test of the new rocket passed. It turned out to be successful. After launch, the rocket one after another was able to disable seven different targets. This was performed by the radiator. He was a powerful magnetron, radiating microwaves. According to the developers, its power is comparable to a nuclear explosion in the atmosphere, but only electronics are affected.

The AGM-86 cruise missile, whose range is 1100 kilometers (700 miles), became the carrier of the microwave radiator. The emitter, operating in pulsed mode, can affect objects purposefully, flying past them. During the flight, the rocket is capable of producing up to one hundred electromagnetic volleys, which completely disable all electronics. According to experts, such weapons can be used against Russian air defense systems, which, however, depends on the effective range of exposure to microwave radiation.

Forecast International informs that the US Air Force has already received about 20 new missiles. Their carriers will be strategic bombers B-52 Stratofortress.