Continuing hack attacks on U.S. interests revive plans for long-range cyber missile

Special to WorldTribune.com

by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct

For the past five years the U.S. Air Force has been developing, albeit sporadically, a cyber missile, a long-range weapon unlike any in the U.S. arsenal.

CyberMissileCHAMP – the counter-electronic high-powered microwave advanced missile project – was tested successfully in 2012 but recent funding cuts have stalled program development.

Unlike kinetic weapons that destroy their targets, the cyber missile would not inflict physical damage on targets. Rather, its design enables it to send powerful microwave signals that would destroy any nearby computers.

The program was mothballed over the past two years due to budget cuts but several congressmen are spearheading a drive to restore funding.

Responding to the continuing and growing threat posed by cyber attacks against U.S. government organizations and business interests, members of the U.S. Congress have called for development of a new generation of countermeasures.

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