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Microwave weapons and Orbital weapons

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posted on Aug, 2 2011 @ 03:47 PM
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I was wondering if any of you have heard about microwave weapons, specifically orbital ones (Weaponized Satellite). I have looked around and found scraps of info here and there, including microwave weapons being tested on unwilling US Citizen subjects. I'm looking for something more destructive, something that could destroy a vehicle or building with pin-point accuracy. I'm sure it exists, so I'm sure some of you have seen something about it.

Thanks for your constructive input



posted on Aug, 2 2011 @ 03:54 PM
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I dont know if this is what you looking for, but here is the link:

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Good information about Microwave weapons and Orbital weapons


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Table of Contents
I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
II. Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
III. Space Object Tracking and Identification Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . 7
A. Non-Government Satellite Observers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
B. Optical Tracking and Imaging Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
C. Radar Tracking and Imaging Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
D. SIGINT and Passive RF Tracking and Characterization Systems . . . 17
IV. Offensive Counterspace Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
A. Counterspace Denial and Deception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
B. Ground Segments Attack or Sabotage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
C. Non-Directed Nuclear ASATs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
D. Interceptor ASAT Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
1. Low-Altitude Direct-Ascent ASAT Interceptors . . . . . . . . . 26
2. Low- and High-Altitude Short-Duration Orbital
ASAT Interceptors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3. Long-Duration Orbital Interceptors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
E. Stand Off Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
1. Laser ASAT Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2. Radio Frequency (RF) ASAT Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3. Comparison of High-Power Laser and High-Power Microwave Weapons . 36
4. Particle-Beam ASAT Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
F. Electronic Attack on Communications, Data, and
Command Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
V. Impact of Counterspace Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
VI. Countermeasures—Strategies for Enhancing Survivability . . . . . . 41
A. Reliable Threat Analyses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
B. Mobile Ground Control Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
C. Autonomous Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
D. Hardening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
E. Proliferation-Redundant Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
F. On-Board Systems For Attack Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
G. Maneuverability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Threats to United States Space Capabilities
H. Rapid Reconstitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
I. On-board Decoys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
J. Self-Defense or Escort Defense Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
VII. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46


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posted on Aug, 2 2011 @ 04:09 PM
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i thought there was some bill passed saying orbital space weapons were illeagal... worldwide... i will see if i can find such info again!



posted on Aug, 2 2011 @ 04:19 PM
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Originally posted by GonzoSinister
i thought there was some bill passed saying orbital space weapons were illeagal... worldwide... i will see if i can find such info again!


It is true. But for some reason I don't believe that such a treaty would stop the "shadow government".

And RUSSO: thanks for the input, I found that thread very informative...
edit on 2-8-2011 by EmVeeFF because: (no reason given)



posted on Aug, 4 2011 @ 12:42 AM
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naw, i think uwave weapons are too problematic. they can be reflected back to the source kind of like lasers.



posted on Aug, 4 2011 @ 06:21 PM
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Originally posted by GonzoSinister
i thought there was some bill passed saying orbital space weapons were illeagal... worldwide... i will see if i can find such info again!


It's not a bill; it's an international space treaty meant to maintain neutrality of space.

Of course that isn't likely to happen considering how many weapons the US puts up there and how many weapons rival countries like Russia and China have to deploy up there in counter response.



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