{"id":32189,"date":"2017-12-08T22:29:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T22:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/12\/08\/could-the-air-force-disable-a-north-korean-missile-on-the-launchpad-or-in-flight\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:05:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:05:56","slug":"could-the-air-force-disable-a-north-korean-missile-on-the-launchpad-or-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/2017\/12\/08\/could-the-air-force-disable-a-north-korean-missile-on-the-launchpad-or-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Could the Air Force disable a North Korean missile before launch?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2012, at a range in Utah, the Air Force tested the deployment of a missile that could be launched into enemy airspace, sending out bursts of microwave energy to disable electronic devices such as computers, radar systems and possibly even an ICBM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program, Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP), is making headlines this week for a few reasons. First, it\u2019s a non-kinetic weapon, meaning no collateral damage. Second, it may be a practical solution to a possible ICBM launch by North Korea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe hit every target we wanted to. &#8230; Today we made science-fiction science-fact,\u201d said Keith Coleman, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boeing.com\/features\/2012\/10\/bds-champ-10-22-12.page\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\">Boeing\u2019s CHAMP program manager<\/a>, after the 2012 test. \u201cIn the near future, this technology may be used to render an enemy\u2019s electronic and data systems useless even before the first troops or aircraft arrive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That optimism has fueled White House and defense officials\u2019 consideration of ways CHAMP could be used to stop a North Korean missile from launching, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/north-korea\/microwave-weapon-could-fry-north-korean-missile-controls-say-experts-n825361\" title=\"\" class=\"\">NBC Nightly News report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea proposed: Fit the CHAMP device onto an air-launched cruise missile fired by a large bomber into enemy airspace while emitting pulses of microwave energy. The microwave signal would then fry electronic circuits within its range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a former engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory, had a more succinct explanation as to the weapon\u2019s effects.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThink about when you put something in your microwave that has metal on it,\u201d Heinrich told NBC News. \u201cYou know how badly that goes? Imagine directing those microwaves at someone\u2019s electronics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the non-lethal weapon were selected to counter a nuclear weapon, the Air Force does have a cache that remains available, Gen Herbert Carlisle, the head of Air Combat Command, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightglobal.com\/news\/articles\/raytheons-ktech-nabs-contract-for-counter-electroni-423454\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" data-original-title=\"\" style=\"\" aria-describedby=\"popover784277\">told Flightglobal in March 2016.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have kept some, it\u2019s a very small number, so we have some capability with it now. Our intent is to move that to the next weapon, a more advanced weapon, and continue to modernize it,\u201d Carlisle said.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, two Air Force officials with knowledge of the plans being brainstormed suggest that CHAMP could be ready to go in a matter of days, according to NBC News. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem with such a plan, according to Jeffrey Lewis, an adjunct professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey in California, is that the payload of a cruise missile isn\u2019t going to be obvious to the recipient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe North Koreans would see many of these missiles flying in,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/12\/07\/us\/air-force-champ-north-korea-missiles\/index.html\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" data-original-title=\"\" style=\"\" aria-describedby=\"popover423340\">Lewis told CNN<\/a>. \u201cThey would try to shoot them down. They\u2019re not actually going to know that they\u2019re armed with high-powered microwaves instead of, say, conventional explosives or even nuclear weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the weapon wouldn\u2019t impact the target itself, it would have to be employed from a relatively close range for the microwaves to reach their intended target, <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2017\/12\/dubious-claim-of-week-air-forces-emp-missile-could-disable-n-korean-icbms\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" data-original-title=\"\" style=\"\" aria-describedby=\"popover484925\">according to Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica\u2019s IT Editor.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHAMP could therefore look to North Koreans like any other cruise missile. 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