Department of Defense Directed Energy Weapons: Background and Issues for Congress

Potential Advantages of HPM Weapons

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Broad effects.
Nonlethal applications.

Potential Advantages of HPM Weapons
In addition to deep magazines, low costs per shot, fast engagement times, and graduated responses, potential advantages of HPM weapons include the following
 Temporary or system-specific effects. HPM weapons can generate waves at different frequencies and power levels to temporarily or permanently disrupt targeted electronic systems while leaving others unaffected.
 Broad effects. HPM weapons can destroy a wide array of unshielded electronic systems, including both military and commercial systems. In addition, they are capable of disabling any unshielded electronic system within their

Department of Defense Directed Energy Weapons Background and Issues for Congress

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21 electromagnetic cone (i.e., they can disable numerous systems, including swarms of UAS, at once.
 Nonlethal applications. Certain HPM weapons, such as heat rays could provide a nonlethal antipersonnel capability in circumstances in which lethal force might otherwise be used.
 Limitation of collateral damage. HPM weapons would generate little to no collateral damage of physical structures This feature could make them attractive weapons in urban areas or in situations short of war

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