High Power Microwave (HPM)
Directed-energy weapons using high-power microwave pulses to disable electronics. Related to the pulsed-power infrastructure used in MTF experiments.
Verified Primary Sources
- → LANL MagnetizedTargetFusion 1994 (p. 9) — 1994 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → LANL MagnetizedTargetFusion 1994 (p. 10) — 1994 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → LANL SNL ZMachine PuICE Waste 2012 (p. 10) — 2012 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Timeline Mentions (8)
Pulsed Power Technology Growth
Pulsed power technology begins rapid development, supported by the Atomic Energy Commission and Defense Nuclear Agency for radiation source testing.
MAGO project begins at VNIIEF (Russian nuclear weapons lab)
Russian MTF program at weapons lab. Communist Party decree. Same dual-use pattern as US.
Gypsy HPM Testing
The Air Force begins unclassified testing of Gypsy, a High Power Microwave (HPM) system capable of producing one gigawatt.
Directed Energy and High-Altitude UCAVs
Development of ground and space-based High-Energy Lasers (HEL) and the Lockheed GlobalHawk long-range UCAV.
Reagan launches SDI — Shiva Star re-directed to 'Star Wars'
SDI directed energy: x-ray laser, FEL, NPB, Brilliant Pebbles. Shiva Star → MARAUDER precursor.
Alexander organizes ATP group (1985): first informal interagency UFO study — no paper trail, briefed White House/NSC/CIA
Army Colonel organized interagency UFO study group. Military + intelligence + engineers. No paper trail. Briefed senior officials. Predates AAWSAP by 23 years. Found no single program = stove-piping.
MARAUDER program begins — AFRL fires compact toroid plasmoids as weapons
Shiva Star facility. 100 billion g acceleration. Explicitly NOT fusion. Same facility as FRCHX. The critical link.
AFRL Phillips Lab DEW Research
AFRL Phillips Laboratory researches Directed Energy Weapons, including high-energy lasers and sonic flocculators.