• DocumentCode
    2513272
  • Title

    High power microwave technology and its military implications

  • Author

    Kushwaha, N.S. ; Sharma, M.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Birla Inst. of Technol., Jaipur
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-24 Nov. 2008
  • Firstpage
    871
  • Lastpage
    874
  • Abstract
    In this paper, electromagnetic bomb is discussed with main emphasis on maximizing the lethality of the bomb by suitably designing the antenna, which can couple the high power microwaves to the targets, efficiently. Some other methods for maximizing the lethality are also discussed.
  • Keywords
    explosives; microwave antennas; microwave technology; military systems; weapons; antenna design; bomb lethality; electromagnetic bomb; high power microwave technology; military weapon; nonlethal weapon; EMP radiation effects; Electromagnetic heating; Electromagnetic radiation; Frequency; Magnetohydrodynamic power generation; Microwave communication; Microwave technology; Power engineering and energy; Space technology; Weapons; Bomb lethality; Directed energy; Electrmagnetic bomb; High Power Microwave technology; Non-lethal weapon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Recent Advances in Microwave Theory and Applications, 2008. MICROWAVE 2008. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Jaipur
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2690-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2691-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AMTA.2008.4763178
  • Filename
    4763178